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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

913 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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

913 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 909 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO PRODUCE 

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED UPWARDS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN AREAS FROM LANSING KANSAS...THROUGH WOLCOTT...WEATHERBY 

LAKE...AND DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY.  THIS RAPID RAINFALL HAS CAUSED 

SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN THE CITIES OF LANCING AND 

LEAVENWORTH.  IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 45 IS CLOSED BETWEEN PARKVILLE 

AND WEATHERBY LAKE DUE TO WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD.



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THOSE LIVING IN SOUTHERN 

PLATTE...EASTERN LEAVENWORTH...AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES. THOSE 

TRAVELING TONIGHT ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AS MANY ROADS 

ARE CURRENTLY FLOODED. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

COULD APPROACH TWO OR MORE INCHES ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY 

METROPOLITAN AREA.  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...DE 

SOTO...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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