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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

914 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR

WYANDOTTE...JOHNSON...CLAY...SOUTHERN PLATTE...JACKSON AND

LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...



AT 904 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A LARGE 

COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERING THE ENTIRE GREATER KANSAS CITY 

AREA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FORMING OVER EAST CENTRAL 

KANSAS AND MOVING OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT 

RAINFALL. THE GROUND IS NEARING SATURATION AND THE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RUNOFF AND CREATE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS AND 

PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. AROUND 1.4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

SHAWNEE AREA SINCE 7:30 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN AN INCH 

AND AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE AREA.



SOME CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED BY THIS ADVISORY INCLUDE....

KANSAS CITY...GLADSTONE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...GRANDVIEW...BLUE 

SPRINGS...OLATHE...LANSING...LEAVENWORTH...LEES SUMMIT...LENEXA AND 

OVERLAND PARK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



JULY

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