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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

640 AM CDT MON MAY 10 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR BUCHANAN

COUNTY...



AT 636 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DIMINISHED 

SINCE 6 AM. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4:30 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE 

EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH THIS MORNING. 



RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

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

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

ST JOSEPH...RUSHVILLE...FAUCETT...AGENCY AND DE KALB.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLY MORNING STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND NORMALLY DRY 

WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3980 9464 3958 9466 3958 9505 3971 9495

      3970 9488 3981 9488



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