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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

824 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



...SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING THAT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:45 AM...



AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

GREENWOOD TO SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED 2 TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHWEST 

CASS COUNTY AND WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST CASS COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING

TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

HARRISONVILLE...STRASBURG...RAYMORE...PLEASANT HILL...PECULIAR...GUNN

CITY...GARDEN CITY...FREEMAN...DAYTON...BELTON...WEST LINE AND LAKE

WINNEBAGO.



EXCESSIVE 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.



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 3845 9422 3849 9434 3848 9460 3883 9458

          3882 9414 3866 9414 3856 9411 3847 9409



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