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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

350 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

IN PLEASANT HILL FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND 

PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. COUNTIES COVERED BY THIS WATCH 

INCLUDE...



IN MISSOURI...



ADAIR...ANDREW...ATCHISON...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL...CARROLL...

CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER...DAVIESS...DE KALB...

GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...HENRY...HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...

JOHNSON...LAFAYETTE...LINN...LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY...

PETTIS...PLATTE...PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER...

SULLIVAN AND WORTH.



IN KANSAS...



ATCHISON...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON...LEAVENWORTH...LINN...MIAMI AND 

WYANDOTTE.



PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A SLOW 

MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND 

MISSOURI. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST 

ACROSS MISSOURI THIS MORNING WITH THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO 

INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE 

THUNDERSTORMS...AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...HEAVY 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH 

TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN 

THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



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