THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…
CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI…
CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…
DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS…
NORTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS…
NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI…
RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI…
SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 1220 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION NUMEROUS ROADS
HAVE BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH WATER AS FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE LAST NIGHT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…ELWOOD…
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS…GOWER…HIGHLAND…KEARNEY…LATHROP…
LAWSON…LIBERTY…PLATTSBURG…RICHMOND…SMITHVILLE…ST.
JOSEPH…TROY…WATHENA…AGENCY…CAMDEN POINT…COWGILL…CRYSTAL
LAKES…DEARBORN…DENTON…EDGERTON…EXCELSIOR ESTATES…
HARDIN…HENRIETTA…HOLT…MISSOURI CITY…ORRICK…POLO…
RUSHVILLE AND TRIMBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.