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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1258 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2008





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LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-MIAMI KS-CASS MO-JACKSON MO-

CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-

1258 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MIAMI AND

JOHNSON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WYANDOTTE AND SOUTHERN

LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE...

SOUTHERN CLAY...WESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES IN

WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 1255 AM CDT...AREA RAIN GAGES IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS HAVE 

INDICATED THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF THE INDIAN CREEK AND TOMAHAWK CREEK BASINS. THIS WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS AREAS FROM OVERLAND PARK BACK TO THE 

SOUTHWEST...TOWARDS OLATHE. 



STILL MORE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT. RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME 

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

BELTON...BONNER SPRINGS...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...DE SOTO... 

EDGERTON...EDWARDSVILLE...FAIRWAY...GARDNER...GLADSTONE...

GRANDVIEW...INDEPENDENCE...KANSAS CITY AND KANSAS CITY KANSAS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



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 3921 9422 3924 9426 3921 9431 3890 9427

      3851 9505 3896 9504 3898 9518 3914 9518

      3932 9422



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