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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 362 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS JOHNSON LINN MIAMI IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ATCHISON LEAVENWORTH WYANDOTTE IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BATES CASS CLAY JACKSON PLATTE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADRIAN, ATCHISON, BELTON, BUTLER, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, FORT LEAVENWORTH, GLADSTONE, HARRISONVILLE, INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS CITY KANSAS, KEARNEY, LA CYGNE, LANSING, LEAVENWORTH, LENEXA, LIBERTY, LOUISBURG, MOUND CITY, OLATHE, OSAWATOMIE, OVERLAND PARK, PAOLA, PARKVILLE, PLATTE CITY, PLEASANT HILL, PLEASANTON, RAYMORE, RICH HILL, RIVERSIDE, SHAWNEE, STANLEY, WEATHERBY LAKE, AND WESTON.

FFWEAX The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Johnson County in east central Kansas... Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas... Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas... Southwestern Clay County in west central Missouri... Southeastern Platte County in west central Missouri... * Until 830 AM CDT. * At 442 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leavenworth, Leawood, Prairie Village, Lansing, Merriam, Mission, Smithville, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Parkville, Tonganoxie, Platte City and Basehor.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of Kansas, including the following areas, Atchison KS, Doniphan, Johnson KS, Leavenworth, Linn KS, Miami and Wyandotte and Missouri, including the following areas, Adair, Andrew, Atchison MO, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Cooper, Daviess, De Kalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Holt, Howard, Jackson, Johnson MO, Lafayette, Linn MO, Livingston, Macon, Mercer, Nodaway, Pettis, Platte, Putnam, Randolph, Ray, Saline, Schuyler, Sullivan and Worth. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A tropical airmass combined with expected thunderstorm development will make for higher rain rates that can lead to flooding. http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood - Http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.