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KSZ057-105-MOZ037-043-120615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

916 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 913 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LONE JACK TO 

DREXEL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED THAT 7 HIGHWAY AT LAKE LOTAWANA IS CLOSED. CASS COUNTY 

OFFICIALS SAID THAT MOST OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF 

CLEVELAND AND GARDEN CITY...WAS EXPERIENCING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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...LONE

JACK...LAKE LOTAWANA...GUNN CITY...GREENWOOD...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 3896 9505 3851 9506 3848 9414 3914 9415



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