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WGUS73 KEAX 302043

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KSZ105-MOZ037-302245-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

342 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR JOHNSON AND

JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



AT 342 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

LEAWOOD...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 

MPH.  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE RATE OF 1.5 INCHES IN AS 

LITTLE AS A HALF HOURS TIME.  FLOODING ALONG ROADS IN THE URBAN 

AREAS OF KANSAS CITY HAVE BEEN REPORTED...WITH A FOOT OF WATER 

REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT 43RD AND BROADWAY IN KANSAS CITY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3873 9507 3874 9466 3883 9456 3884 9417

          3913 9415 3909 9457 3897 9463 3897 9502



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