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000 

WGUS73 KEAX 010801

FFSEAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

135 AM CST THU MAR 1 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-

135 AM CST THU MAR 1 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...



HEAVY RAINS OF TWO AND A HALF TO JUST OVER THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

SINCE 6 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING WITHIN A NARROW CORRIDOR FROM GARDNER 

AND DE SOTO...NORTHEAST ACROSS OVERLAND PARK AND KANSAS 

CITY...TOWARD EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AND BRAYMER. NUMEROUS ROADS HAD BEEN 

REPORTED CLOSED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS 

CITY METRO AREA WHEN SEVERAL INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET OF WATER HAD 

PONDED ON THE ROADS. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS 

MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND MAY BRING UP TO ONE HALF INCH 

OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS.



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 9518 3897 9510 3898 9504 3884 9505

      3861 9507 3915 9406 3921 9399 3914 9398

      3921 9388 3922 9375 3977 9377 3949 9431

      3903 9517



$$



SP/MAS

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000 

WGUS73 KEAX 010801

FFSEAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

135 AM CST THU MAR 1 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-

135 AM CST THU MAR 1 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...



HEAVY RAINS OF TWO AND A HALF TO JUST OVER THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

SINCE 6 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING WITHIN A NARROW CORRIDOR FROM GARDNER 

AND DE SOTO...NORTHEAST ACROSS OVERLAND PARK AND KANSAS 

CITY...TOWARD EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AND BRAYMER. NUMEROUS ROADS HAD BEEN 

REPORTED CLOSED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS 

CITY METRO AREA WHEN SEVERAL INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET OF WATER HAD 

PONDED ON THE ROADS. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS 

MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND MAY BRING UP TO ONE HALF INCH 

OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS.



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 9518 3897 9510 3898 9504 3884 9505

      3861 9507 3915 9406 3921 9399 3914 9398

      3921 9388 3922 9375 3977 9377 3949 9431

      3903 9517



$$



SP/MAS

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