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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

740 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT SATURDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

     WYANDOTTE



IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

     JOHNSON



IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

     CLAY...PLATTE AND JACKSON



AT 733 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE

KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.  THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TRACK EAST

AT 35 MPH AND WILL TRACK ACROSS JACKSON...PLATTE AND RAY

COUNTIES.  RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE

WITH THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS.  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE

TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF THE METRO TOWARD THE TOPEKA AREA

...THUS HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE

POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.



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.

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