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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

808 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO-RAY MO-

808 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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

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

NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND WESTERN RAY...CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN

WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 100 AM CDT...



AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING 

AREA. THESE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES HAVE CAUSED FLASH FLOODING 

ACROSS PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND NORTHEAST 

SUBURBS. 



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 3947 9393 3886 9440 3883 9484 3917 9466

      3916 9461 3924 9462 3946 9450



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