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WGUS73 KEAX 240132

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

828 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



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CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-CLINTON MO-

828 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CLINTON...

EASTERN PLATTE AND CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 PM WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT SOME ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN FLOODED. IN 

ADDITION...SMALL CREEK FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN NOTED. 



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.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH

ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW

INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3958 9422 3925 9423 3921 9436 3920 9444

      3916 9443 3917 9460 3919 9473 3921 9481

      3931 9482 3949 9483



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