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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1018 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007



KSC091-103-121-209-MOC025-033-047-049-095-165-177-011000-LEAVENWORTH 

KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-MIAMI KS-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO-RAY MO-PLATTE 

MO-CARROLL MO-CLINTON MO-CALDWELL MO-1018 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MIAMI AND

JOHNSON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WYANDOTTE AND SOUTHERN

LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND SOUTHERN CALDWELL AND

WESTERN CARROLL COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN

CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE...

RAY...CLAY AND NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

UNTIL 400 AM CST...



AT 930 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

COVERING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 35 FROM 87TH STREET TO 75TH STREET 

IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS...WITH SOME LANES IMPASSABLE. THESE AREAS 

HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED AROUND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 

PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND 

MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 

HEAVY RAINFALL...SO ADDITIONAL FLOODING FROM RUNOFF OF ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED.



LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNDER THE THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING INCLUDE...BASEHOR...BONNER 

SPRINGS...BUCKNER...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...DE 

SOTO...EDGERTON...EDWARDSVILLE...EXCELSIOR 

SPRINGS...FAIRWAY...GARDNER...GLADSTONE...INDEPENDENCE...KANSAS CITY 

AND KANSAS CITY KANSAS.



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 3896 9517 3897 9510 3898 9504 3884 9505

      3861 9506 3915 9406 3921 9399 3914 9397

      3921 9387 3922 9374 3977 9376 3948 9434

      3903 9517



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