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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1224 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005



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LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE MO-CLAY MO-JACKSON MO-

1224 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY...JACKSON...JOHNSON...

LEAVENWORTH...PLATTE AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...



AT 1219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SINCE 

11 PM BETWEEN AN INCH AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN THE OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...AND SPRING HILL AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THE RAIN IS FALLING AT THE RATE OF ONE HALF TO THREE 

QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR FROM SPRING HILL TO BLUE SPRINGS... 

WHILE NORTH OF THE RIVER ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING. ALTHOUGH THE 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS WEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS 

THERE HAS BEEN A MARKED WEAKENING OF THE STORMS SINCE 1130 PM.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI 

RIVER. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...BLUE SPRINGS...SPRING HILL...AND 

LEES SUMMIT.



WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD NEAR BANNISTER ROAD AND 71 

HIGHWAY...AND CARS WERE REPORTED STALLED ON MANCHESTER ROAD AT I-70. 

WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ON THE ROAD AT CHOUTEAU AND GUINOTTE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3945 9461 3945 9422 3922 9422 3918 9418

      3890 9414 3886 9433 3887 9457 3877 9468

      3877 9501 3897 9502 3899 9516 3941 9515

      3942 9496 3951 9507 3953 9462



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MJ

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