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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

824 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008





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LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-

824 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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

CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WYANDOTTE AND LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST 

KANSAS...AND SOUTHERN PLATTE...CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN WEST 

CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 200 AM CDT...



AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES 

HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. AT 818 PM CDT...LOCAL 

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER RESCUES ONGOING NEAR 15TH AND 

WASHINGTON IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS.  



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS 

THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO 

OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS EXIT.  THIS IS A VERY 

DANGEROUS SITUATION...THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT ARE URGED TO USE 

EXTREME CAUTION AS FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF 

THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BASEHOR...BLUE SPRINGS...BONNER 

SPRINGS...BUCKNER...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...DESOTO...EDWARDSVILLE...

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...FAIRWAY...GLADSTONE...GRAIN 

VALLEY...GRANDVIEW...GREENWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3916 9421 3915 9411 3884 9413 3884 9461

      3881 9506 3897 9505 3897 9518 3941 9517

      3942 9496 3941 9496 3945 9461 3946 9422



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