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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

310 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...



IN KANSAS:



ATCHISON AND DONIPHAN.



IN MISSOURI:



ATCHISON...NODAWAY...WORTH...GENTRY...HARRISON...MERCER...PUTNAM...

SCHUYLER...HOLT...ANDREW...DE KALB...DAVIESS...GRUNDY...SULLIVAN...

ADAIR...BUCHANAN...CLINTON...CALDWELL...LIVINGSTON...LINN AND MACON.





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

FOLLOWING AREAS...



IN KANSAS:



MIAMI...LINN...LEAVENWORTH...WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON.



IN MISSOURI:



PLATTE...CLAY...RAY...CARROLL...CHARITON...RANDOLPH...JACKSON...

LAFAYETTE...SALINE...HOWARD...CASS...JOHNSON...PETTIS...COOPER...

BATES AND HENRY.





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.



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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