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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

949 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY

MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...



IN KANSAS:



ATCHISON...MIAMI...LINN...DONIPHAN...LEAVENWORTH...WYANDOTTE AND

JOHNSON.



IN MISSOURI:



HOLT...ANDREW...DE KALB...DAVIESS...GRUNDY...BUCHANAN...CLINTON...

CALDWELL...LIVINGSTON...LINN...MACON...PLATTE...CLAY...RAY...

CARROLL...CHARITON...RANDOLPH...JACKSON...LAFAYETTE...SALINE...

HOWARD...CASS...JOHNSON...PETTIS...COOPER...BATES AND HENRY.



THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP 

FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...EAST TO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH 

AREA WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTINUING INTO THE MORNING HOURS 

ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 

TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS

REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS.

KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF

A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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