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WGUS73 KEAX 302056

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KSZ105-MOZ037-302245-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

357 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



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

JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



AT 357 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED... 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH EXTENDED ALONG A 

LINE FROM GARDNER TO RAYTOWN AND BLUE SPRINGS.  THIS LINE OF STORMS 

WAS SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  



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

A HALF HOURS TIME.  A FOOT OF WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT 43RD 

AND BROADWAY IN KANSAS CITY...WITH TWO FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD 

AT I-70 AND BROADWAY.  STREET DRAINS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY IN 

HANDLING THE VOLUME OF WATER...AND THIS URBAN FLOODING WILL LEAD TO 

DELAYS ON THE EVENING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE HEADED OUT OF 

THE DOWNTOWN AREA.



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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