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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

958 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES IN KANSAS 

AND JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT ...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PLATTE AND CLAY 

COUNTIES IN MISSOURI UNTIL 1030 PM....



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CLOSED HIGHWAYS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA.  K-32 

IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY WAS FLOODED WITH REPORTS OF A CAR FLOATING DOWN 

THE ROAD.   REPORTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR OCCURRED 

WITH THESE STORMS.  



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE 

METROPOLITAN AREA...FLOODED ROADWAYS AND CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL 

TAKE SOME TIME TO RECEED. 



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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