THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... 
NORTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... 
SOUTHERN ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI... 
NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI... 
SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 440 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO
  FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER WEST CENTRAL BUCHANAN
  COUNTY SINCE 415 PM . FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ST. JOSEPH...SAVANNAH...WATHENA...ELWOOD...HIGHLAND...TROY...
  COUNTRY CLUB VILLA...COUNTRY CLUB...UNION STAR...AMAZONIA...
  DENTON...DONIPHAN...EASTON...COSBY...SEVERANCE...LEONA...BENDENA...
  HELENA...FANNING AND ST.
  JOSEPH AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE
AFFECTED AREAS THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.