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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

745 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



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

CLAY...PLATTE AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...



AT 740 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

WATER RESCUES IN THE AFTERMATH OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT FELL FROM 

MIDNIGHT THROUGH ABOUT 7 AM ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN 

AREA. MANY ROADS ACROSS THE GREATER KANSAS CITY METRO AREA ARE 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...WITH FLOODING OF MANY RESIDENTIAL AREAS 

ALSO BEING REPORTED. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND OBSERVER REPORTS 

INDICATE THAT THE AREA FROM DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY TO THE SUGAR 

CREEK RECEIVED FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH SIMILAR REPORTS AND 

ESTIMATES OCCURRING IN THE LEES SUMMIT...RAYTOWN AND GREENWOOD 

AREAS. 



THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT PRODUCED THIS TREMENDOUS RAINFALL

HAS MOVED EAST OF THE METRO AREA...BUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 

STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL 

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.







LAT...LON 3950 9463 3944 9461 3945 9423 3922 9423

      3915 9414 3885 9413 3886 9459 3902 9459

      3906 9489 3917 9488 3924 9477 3930 9485

      3951 9502 3952 9485



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