Metro K.C. BREAKING WEATHER: Flash Flood Warning

This was just issued by the NWS-Pleasant Hill-KC:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1039 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1035 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUING TO TRACK
ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. GROUND OBSERVATIONS SHOW
THAT UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 7
AM FROM NEAR DOWNTOWN TO NEAR OLATHE...OVERLAND PARK AND
GRANDVIEW. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 11 AM
BEFORE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL
INCH OF RAINFALL THROUGH NOONTIME...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BASEHOR...BONNER SPRINGS...CLAYCOMO...DE SOTO...EDWARDSVILLE...
FAIRWAY...GLADSTONE...GRANDVIEW...INDEPENDENCE...KANSAS
CITY...LAKE QUIVIRA...LANSING...LEAVENWORTH...LEAWOOD...
LENEXA...LIBERTY...MERRIAM...MISSION...MISSION HILLS...
OLATHE...OVERLAND PARK... PARKVILLE...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...
RAYTOWN...RIVERSIDE...SHAWNEE AND SUGAR CREEK.

THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF INTERSTATES 35...70...29...AND THE 435
LOOP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

FLOODING IS IMMINENT WITH THE EXPECTED RAINFALL. MOST FLOOD RELATED
DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
BRIDGES...DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A
FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

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