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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1115 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 IS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSON AND LEAVENWORTH

COUNTIES IN KANSAS AND CLAY AND SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI 

UNTIL NOON CDT...



RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE METRO AREA RANGED FROM AROUND AN INCH 

OVER OLATHE TO JUST UNDER 3 INCHES OVER BRUSH CREEK.  THE HEAVY RAIN 

IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY NOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE KANSAS CITY METRO 

AREA...WITH AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON BRUSH 

CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...AND INDIAN CREEK.  ALTHOUGH THESE CREEKS ARE 

RUNNING HIGH...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.



HIGH WATER IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER ROADS..AND NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS 

ACROSS THE METRO AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



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.



DO NOT PLAY IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...STREAMS OR CREEKS.  IT 

TAKES LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF WATER TO WASH A PERSON OFF THEIR FEET.





JB

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