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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

957 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

HOWARD AND SALINE COUNTIES...



AT 955 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA BUT 

LIGHTER RAIN CONTINUED. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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 3940 9317 3931 9306 3923 9286 3934 9279

          3924 9244 3897 9258 3898 9283 3907 9294

          3894 9307 3895 9349 3928 9348 3923 9341

          3929 9335 3933 9324



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