Severe Flood

Flash Flood Warning issued April 27 at 3:40AM CDT until April 27 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Leavenworth, KS Source: NOAA / NWS

Details

FFWEAX

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas...

* Until 900 AM CDT.

* At 340 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

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...
Leavenworth, Lansing, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Tonganoxie,
Basehor, Kansas City, Linwood, Easton, Reno, Fairmount, Jarbalo,
Lowemont and Fort Leavenworth.

Recommendations

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