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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

611 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR JACKSON...

CLAY...PLATTE AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...



AT 600 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STRETCHING FROM 

DEARBORN...THROUGH PLATTE CITY AND GLADSTONE TO THE LEES SUMMIT 

AREA. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRACK ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA FOR THE NEXT 3 HOURS...WITH STORMS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY BY 

9 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

3:30 AM ACROSS MUCH OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...PARTICULARLY THE

MISSOURI SIDE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BEFORE

THE STORMS DIMINISH.



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...KANSAS 

CITY...WESTON...SMITHVILLE...SIBLEY...RIVERSIDE...RIDGELY...RAYTOWN..

.PLATTE CITY...PARKVILLE...NORTH KANSAS CITY...MOSBY AND MISSOURI 

CITY.  NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED IN THE LEES SUMMIT AREA DUE TO HIGH

WATER...WITH METRO AREA FIRE AND POLICE REPORTING NUMEROUS WATER 

RESCUES DUE TO HIGH WATER.





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 3945 9461 3945 9422 3922 9422 3921 9418

      3885 9413 3885 9413 3886 9457 3906 9462

      3904 9489 3919 9488 3922 9478 3933 9489

      3940 9489 3952 9506 3953 9462



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