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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

842 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR

CASS...JACKSON...NORTHERN MIAMI AND JOHNSON COUNTIES...



AT 838 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN 

DOWNTOWN LEES SUMMIT WITH EVACUATIONS AT TWO APARTMENT BUILDINGS 

TAKING PLACE. IN ADDITION...BASEMENT AND STREET FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED AT STILWELL KANSAS.



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...RAYMORE...PLEASANT HILL...PECULIAR...LONE JACK...LEES

SUMMIT...LAKE LOTAWANA...GREENWOOD...GRAIN VALLEY...GARDEN CITY...

FREEMAN AND CLEVELAND.



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 3894 9503 3856 9502 3852 9417 3911 9418



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WGUS73 KEAX 120147 CCA

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KSZ057-105-MOZ037-043-120345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR EXPIRATION TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

842 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR 

CASS...JACKSON...NORTHERN MIAMI AND JOHNSON COUNTIES...



AT 838 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN 

DOWNTOWN LEES SUMMIT WITH EVACUATIONS AT TWO APARTMENT BUILDINGS 

TAKING PLACE. IN ADDITION...BASEMENT AND STREET FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED AT STILWELL KANSAS.



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...RAYMORE...PLEASANT HILL...PECULIAR...LONE JACK...LEES

SUMMIT...LAKE LOTAWANA...GREENWOOD...GRAIN VALLEY...GARDEN CITY...

FREEMAN AND CLEVELAND.



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 3894 9503 3856 9502 3852 9417 3911 9418



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