

000 

WGUS53 KEAX 172109

FFWMCI

KSC091-209-MOC037-095-180100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

404 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

  NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 404 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  BLUE SPRINGS TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF GARDNER...OR ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY TO 9 MILES   

  SOUTHWEST OF OLATHE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IN 

  ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE NORTHWEST 

  OF KANSAS CITY...WHICH WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING 

  PROBLEMS.



* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES...AND THE THREAT

  FOR FLOODING...ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND IN LOW LYING 

  SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS.



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.



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS

IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3918 9489 3878 9500 3876 9417 3917 9416

          3912 9465



$$

PC

