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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

918 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

LAFAYETTE COUNTY...



AT 915 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED 

OUT OF THE COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

ACROSS THE COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS 

AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3895 9357 3900 9354 3919 9350 3918 9381

          3913 9406 3893 9408 3894 9377



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