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KSZ104-105-MOZ037-038-180015-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

319 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



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

WYANDOTTE...JOHNSON KS...LAFAYETTE AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM 

CDT...



AT 319 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4

MILES NORTH OF WESTWOOD TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF GARDNER...OR ALONG A LINE

EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF OLATHE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS EXTEND EAST 

ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER TO NORTH OF HIGGINSVILLE.



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.



LAT...LON 3922 9491 3894 9491 3878 9506 3876 9464

          3887 9463 3885 9417 3896 9416 3896 9355

          3924 9355 3917 9393 3918 9422 3920 9431

          3912 9459



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