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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

928 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



BATES AND HENRY.



IN KANSAS:



LINN.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE BUTLER AND CLINTON.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH. THIS RAINFALL 

WILL FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED SOIL. 



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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