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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1257 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR CASS COUNTY...



AT 1254 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE 

CASS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN PECULIAR THIS EVENING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED A LARGE 

SWATH OF 2 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH OF A LAKE WINNEBAGO 

TO STRASBURG LINE. THE HEAVIEST RAINS OF UP TO AN ESTIMATED 7 INCHES 

HAS FALLEN FROM PECULIAR TO JUST NORTH OF CLEVELAND. SEVERAL WATER 

RESCUES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED OVER THE AREA AND HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN 

PECULIAR AND HARRISONVILLE HAS HAD OVER A FOOT OF RAIN COVERING IT 

AT TIMES.  



SEVERAL MORE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. 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...RAYMORE...PECULIAR... 

GUNN CITY...GARDEN CITY... FREEMAN...CREIGHTON...AND BELTON.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.



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 3848 9411 3850 9458 3882 9459 3882 9416

      3881 9414 3858 9413 3856 9410 3846 9408

      3846 9408



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MJ

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