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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1202 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

JOHNSON AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...



AT 1157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...BUT RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 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 3922 9353 3858 9356 3858 9411 3911 9409



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