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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

946 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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

946 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 943 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED UPWARDS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAD FALLEN NEAR THE CITIES OF 

LANCING...LEAVENWORTH...WEATHERBY LAKE...GLADSTONE...AND DOWNTOWN 

KANSAS CITY.



AT 946 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING IN THE CITIES OF LANCING...LEAVENWORTH...WEATHERBY 

LAKE...AND INTO MUCH OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY.  NEAR LEAVENWORTH...FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON KANSAS HIGHWAY 7 IN LEAVENWORTH.  IN 

ADDITION...KANSAS HIGHWAY 5 JUST EAST OF LANCING AND HIGHWAY 45 NEAR 

PARKVILLE WERE ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL 

BEING TO SETTLE INTO THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA FROM THE 

NORTH WITHIN THE NEXT HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. THIS IS A VERY 

DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MUCH OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN 

AREA...THOSE DRIVING THIS EVENING SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE BASEHOR...BLUE 

SPRINGS...BONNER SPRINGS...BUCKNER...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY. 

DESOTO...EDWARDSVILLE...EXCELSIOR 

SPRINGS...FAIRWAY...GLADSTONE...GRANDVIEW...GREENWOOD AND 

INDEPENDENCE WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THIS FLOODING.





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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