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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO

430 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...AND

   HAS BEEN EXTENDED INTO THIS EVENING...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN 

KANSAS...



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

WYANDOTTE.



IN MISSOURI...



BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL...CASS...CLAY...CLINTON...HENRY...

JACKSON...JOHNSON...LAFAYETTE...PLATTE AND RAY.





HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS... 

WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY. A SLOW MOVING WEATHER 

DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH DEEP ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TO SUSTAIN 

A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL KANSAS 

THIS MORNING. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS 

AND WESTERN BY SUNRISE...AND WILL ENTER CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MID-MORNING.



RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON SOUTH OF A LINE

FROM LEAVENWORTH...THROUGH CARROLLTON...TO MACON. LOCAL AMOUNTS AS 

HIGH AS FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE IN THE DAY TUESDAY. 

PROJECTED RAIN AMOUNTS COMBINED WITH PRECIPITATION THAT HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN IN THE LAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH 

FLOODING ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE RAIN WILL TAPER TO AN

END THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...BUT

WILL LINGER THROUGH SUNRISE WEDNESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI.



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.



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE

POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL, AVOID LOW LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL

WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.



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