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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

708 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR CASS COUNTY...



AT 700 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHEAST CASS 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM HARRISONVILLE TO GUNN 

CITY. SEVERAL AREAS OF THE COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES

OF RAIN SINCE THE RAINS BEGAN LAST EVENING. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS

OF 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR ARCHIE. 



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL 

STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HARRISONVILLE...STRASBURG...RAYMORE...

PLEASANT HILL...PECULIAR...GUNN CITY...GARDEN 

CITY...FREEMAN...DAYTON...CREIGHTON...CLEVELAND AND BELTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 3848 9435 3848 9462 3884 9460 3883 9413

      3877 9415 3872 9414 3858 9412 3857 9409

      3846 9408 3846 9408 3844 9421



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