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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

747 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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

747 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WYANDOTTE AND LEAVENWORTH

COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND PLATTE AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY

COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY 

METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH MOVING WATER



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.



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 3948 9462 3946 9460 3945 9448 3885 9482

      3891 9507 3896 9507 3897 9519 3902 9520

      3942 9503 3942 9496 3945 9501 3954 9497



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