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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1125 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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MIAMI KS-CASS MO-

1125 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...



AT 1121 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

ROADS IMPACTED BY HIGH WATER OVER PORTIONS OF MIAMI COUNTY. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.



HEAVY RAIN HAS BEGAN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ALTHOUGH 

LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 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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