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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

321 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008





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JOHNSON KS-JACKSON MO-

321 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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

CENTRAL KANSAS...AND JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL

830 PM CDT...



AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL REMAINED OVER THE WARNED AREA BUT SEVERAL 

THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER 

THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL AUTOMATED GAGES REPORTED BETWEEN AN INCH AND 

A HALF AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.



RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BLUE SPRINGS...BUCKNER...COURTNEY...DE 

SOTO...FAIRWAY...GARDNER...GRAIN VALLEY...GRANDVIEW... 

GREENWOOD...INDEPENDENCE...KANSAS CITY...LAKE LOTAWANA...LAKE 

QUIVIRA...LEAWOOD AND LEES SUMMIT.



THE KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS PERFORMED A COUPLE OF SWIFT 

WATER RESCUES IN THE LAST HOUR.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH

ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW

INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3922 9419 3916 9413 3885 9413 3884 9461

      3878 9505 3897 9506 3899 9502 3898 9492

      3905 9487 3904 9462 3912 9460 3915 9453

      3912 9445 3920 9441 3916 9437 3924 9428



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000 

WGUS73 KEAX 082023

FFSEAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

321 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008





KSC091-MOC095-090130-

/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080709T0130Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

JOHNSON KS-JACKSON MO-

321 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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

CENTRAL KANSAS...AND JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL

830 PM CDT...



AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL REMAINED OVER THE WARNED AREA BUT SEVERAL 

THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER 

THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL AUTOMATED GAGES REPORTED BETWEEN AN INCH AND 

A HALF AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.



RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BLUE SPRINGS...BUCKNER...COURTNEY...DE 

SOTO...FAIRWAY...GARDNER...GRAIN VALLEY...GRANDVIEW... 

GREENWOOD...INDEPENDENCE...KANSAS CITY...LAKE LOTAWANA...LAKE 

QUIVIRA...LEAWOOD AND LEES SUMMIT.



THE KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS PERFORMED A COUPLE OF SWIFT 

WATER RESCUES IN THE LAST HOUR.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH

ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW

INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3922 9419 3916 9413 3885 9413 3884 9461

      3878 9505 3897 9506 3899 9502 3898 9492

      3905 9487 3904 9462 3912 9460 3915 9453

      3912 9445 3920 9441 3916 9437 3924 9428



$$



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