...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL
 MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN KANSAS...
 ATCHISON KS...JOHNSON KS...LEAVENWORTH...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE.
 IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...CASS...CLAY...JACKSON...LAFAYETTE
 AND PLATTE.
* FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* FORECAST...A SLOW NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
  TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA
  FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. ALL
  THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED 1 TO 3
  INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED.
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO EXIT EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BY
  MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
  FLASH FLOODING...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LARGER CREEKS AND
  STREAMS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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