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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1048 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



AT 1047 AM CDT...THERE WAS AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE

EXTENDING FROM LA CYGNE TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTLER...MOVING EAST

AT 30 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 

AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS.  DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT 

FELL LAST NIGHT...THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY

ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BUTLER...ADRIAN...PLEASANTON...LA

CYGNE...PASSAIC...MERWIN...FOSTER...BALLARD...AMSTERDAM AND AMORET.



THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.







LAT...LON 3802 9501 3839 9495 3839 9463 3846 9462

          3846 9435 3843 9421 3844 9408 3816 9407



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