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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

921 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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MIAMI KS-CASS MO-

921 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CASS AND MIAMI

COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...



AT 917 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.



AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...THROUGH SOME BREAKS IN THE HEAVIER RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED 

LATER THIS MORNING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE...BELTON...HARRISONVILLE...LOUISBURG... 

OSAWATOMIE...PAOLA...PECULIAR...RAYMORE...CLEVELAND...DREXEL... 

FONTANA AND FREEMAN.



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.



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.



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 3873 9505 3874 9462 3883 9460 3883 9435

      3852 9433 3847 9447 3847 9461 3841 9462

      3841 9464 3839 9506



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