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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

911 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR

JOHNSON AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...



AT 908 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE 

EXTENDING FROM WAVERLY TO PITTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY REPORTS HIGHWAY P NORTH OF 

DOVER...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF HIGGINSVILLE...HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING.



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...

WARRENSBURG...WHITEMAN AFB...PITTSVILLE...ODESSA...MAYVIEW...KNOB

NOSTER...HOLDEN...HIGGINSVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...CONCORDIA...COLUMBUS

AND CENTERVIEW.



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 3913 9409 3858 9410 3858 9354 3919 9352



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