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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1005 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



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JOHNSON KS-CASS MO-JACKSON MO-

1005 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHERN CASS

COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 

INCHES.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSON 

AND NORTHWEST CASS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. RAINFALL RATES UNDER THE 

HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...BELTON...EDGERTON...GARDNER...GRANDVIEW...PLEASANT HILL...

RAYMORE AND SPRING HILL.



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 3893 9441 3883 9442 3883 9412 3879 9427

      3874 9454 3874 9505 3885 9505



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