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WGUS73 KEAX 120448

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KSZ057-105-MOZ037-043-120645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1142 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 1137 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAIN HAD SUBSIDED IN 

THE WARNED AREA...BUT IT ALSO SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL 

FROM SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA TO NEAR EMPORIA KANSAS...WITH SOME ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF IT TO THE SOUTH OF LAWRENCE...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

OF RAIN WILL BE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.



RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER STORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR 

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

WATER CROSSINGS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3914 9417 3848 9415 3852 9504 3895 9502



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