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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

940 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CASS

AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...



AT 930 PM CDT...THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF THE 

AREA...BUT LIGHTER RAIN CONTINUED.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS 

CAUSED NUMEROUS AREAS OF MINOR FLOODING...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 3847 9420 3847 9457 3886 9460 3898 9414

          3861 9414 3845 9412



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