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KSZ104-105-MOZ029-030-037-060830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

345 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN AND AROUND THE KANSAS CITY METRO...



IN KANSAS...

JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE



IN MISSOURI...

JACKSON...CLAY AND RAY



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM IN EASTERN 

KANSAS AND TRACK OVER THE METRO AREA. THE STORMS ARE NOT AS 

ORGANIZED AS THEY WERE EARLIER...BUT A QUICK QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF 

RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

PROBLEMS OVER THE REGION WHERE SOIL IS SATURATED.



AT 3:45 AM...INDIAN CREEK CRESTED AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 

FLOOD STAGE LATER TODAY. THE BLUE RIVER WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WILL 

CREST LATER TODAY. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE BLUE RIVER. 

TURKEY CREEK CRESTED AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE 

TODAY. THE LITTLE PLATTE RIVER NEAR SMITHVILLE WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 

AND IS EXPECTED TO CREST BY 5 AM. THE FISHING RIVER WAS ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE AND WILL CREST BY 5 AM.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATERS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES.



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