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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1154 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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

1154 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 1150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES 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 RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING INTO THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALL THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT SHOULD USE EXTREME 

CAUTION...AS IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLOODED ROADWAYS AT NIGHT. JUST 

EAST OF 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.



WHILE THE STRONGER LINE OF STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH...ADDITIONAL 

SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 

AROUND ONE HALF INCH OR LESS IN MOST LOCATIONS.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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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