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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED WORDING

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO

430 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR TODAY...AND HAS BEEN 

EXTENDED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING 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 AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON...AND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING ACROSS

EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THE RAIN WILL COME TO

AN END BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY.



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

FROM LEAVENWORTH...THROUGH KEARNEY...TO KNOXVILLE...AS WELL AS THE

GREATER KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS FOUR 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE IN THE DAY TODAY. 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. 





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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