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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1004 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WYANDOTTE COUNTY KANSAS 

AND JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI UNTIL 145 PM AND AN URBAN AND SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JOHNSON AND LEAVENWORTH 

COUNTIES IN KANSAS AND CLAY AND SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI

UNTIL NOON CDT...



KANSAS CITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAS RECOMMENED THAT 

PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF TURKEY CREEK NEAR SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD 

EVACUATE DO TO TURKEY CREEK RISING RAPIDLY. 



AT 1000 AM CDT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN

OBSERVED OVER PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITIAN 

AREA...PRIMARILY OVER WYANDOTTE AND JACKSON COUNTIES.  RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS AVERAGING 1/2 TO 1 INCH WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 

PART OF THE METRO AREA. THIS RAIN HAS RESULTED IN FLOODING OF 

LOW-LYING AREAS.  CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA ARE ALSO RISING 

QUICKLY. 



WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF CARS BEING STRANDED IN HIGH 

WATER ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY AREA ALONG WITH MANY HIGH WATER

RESCUES.  LEES SUMMIT IS ALSO REPORTING DEEP WATER ACROSS MANY ROADS 

IN THEIR CITY.



ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE METRO 

AREA IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.  THIS WILL ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOODING 

THREAT.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES ALL ACROSS THE 

METRO AREA. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING. TURKEY AND BRUSH CREEKS IN WYANDOTTE AND JACKSON COUNTIES 

ARE RISING RAPIDLY THUS THE REASON FOR THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. 



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.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO 

TRAVEL...PLEASE DONT UNTIL THE RAIN SUBSIDES



J BUNTING

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