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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1042 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008





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

1042 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 1038 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS SINKING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR AND 

STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED UPWARDS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAD FALLEN ACROSS AREAS FROM EASTON...TO 

LANSING...WEATHERBY LAKE...GLADSTONE...DOWNTOWN KANSAS 

CITY...INDEPENDENCE...AND LIBERTY EARLIER TONIGHT.  



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  ALL THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT 

SHOULD EXCESSIVE EXTREME CAUTION...AS IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLOODED 

ROADWAYS AT NIGHT.  NEAR LANCING KANSAS HIGHWAY 5 WAS CLOSED DUE TO 

SEVERAL FEET OF WATER OVER THE HIGHWAY.  IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 45 

NEAR PARKVILLE WAS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.   



A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE 

SOUTHERN HALF OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT 

HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.



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

SPRINGS...BONNER SPRINGS...BUCKNER...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY AND DE 

SOTO. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...FAIRWAY...GLADSTONE...GRAIN VALLEY... 

GRANDVIEW...GREENWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THIS 

HEAVY RAIN.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN 

AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1042 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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

1042 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 1038 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS SINKING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR AND 

STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED UPWARDS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAD FALLEN ACROSS AREAS FROM EASTON...TO 

LANSING...WEATHERBY LAKE...GLADSTONE...DOWNTOWN KANSAS 

CITY...INDEPENDENCE...AND LIBERTY EARLIER TONIGHT.  



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  ALL THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT 

SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...AS IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLOODED 

ROADWAYS AT NIGHT.  NEAR LANSING KANSAS...HIGHWAY 5 WAS CLOSED DUE 

TO SEVERAL FEET OF WATER OVER THE HIGHWAY.  IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 45 

NEAR PARKVILLE WAS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.   



A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE 

SOUTHERN HALF OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT 

HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.



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

SPRINGS...BONNER SPRINGS...BUCKNER...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY AND DE 

SOTO. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...FAIRWAY...GLADSTONE...GRAIN VALLEY... 

GRANDVIEW...GREENWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THIS 

HEAVY RAIN.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN 

AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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