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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

834 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



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JACKSON MO-

834 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR

DRAINAGE AREAS IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT...



AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

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

THAT ONE HALF 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...ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY.  



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.



LAT...LON 3914 9449 3911 9444 3915 9440 3919 9440

      3916 9437 3916 9435 3919 9433 3923 9428

      3919 9419 3915 9412 3899 9412 3897 9461

      3910 9459 3913 9453



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