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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

204 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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

204 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 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 600 AM CDT...



AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE WARNED AREA. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA OF RAIN WERE GENERALLY ONE TO THREE 

INCHES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS BEGINNING TO SLOW...HOWEVER 

IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE HIGH WATER RECEDES COMPLETELY. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BLUE 

SPRINGS...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...FAIRWAY... 

GLADSTONE...GRANDVIEW...INDEPENDENCE...KANSAS CITY...KANSAS CITY 

KANSAS...KEARNEY...LAWSON...LEAWOOD...LEES SUMMIT...LENEXA... 

LIBERTY...MERRIAM...MISSION...MISSION HILLS...NORTH KANSAS 

CITY...OVERLAND PARK...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...RAYTOWN...RIVERSIDE... 

SHAWNEE...SUGAR CREEK...WESTWOOD...AVONDALE...COUNTRYSIDE AND 

CRYSTAL LAKES.



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.



LAT...LON 3947 9393 3886 9440 3883 9484 3917 9466

      3916 9461 3924 9462 3946 9450



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