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000 

WGUS53 KEAX 280042

FFWEAX

MOC047-095-280645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

739 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP

  AND MOVE ACROSS DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY...GLADSTONE...AND WESTWOOD

  HILLS AREA.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE

  OCCURING WITH THESE STORMS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  KANSAS CITY...AVONDALE...BLUE SPRINGS...BUCKNER...EXCELSIOR

  SPRINGS...GLADSTONE...GRAIN VALLEY...GRANDVIEW...INDEPENDENCE...

  LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES SUMMIT AND LEVASY



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND

BARRICADES SET UP TO BLOCK WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE BARRICADES ARE

SET UP FOR YOUR PROTECTION.



BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE IN YOUR AREA...WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3935 9422 3920 9423 3914 9413 3909 9413

      3884 9414 3885 9461 3935 9461



$$



SF

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000 

WGUS53 KEAX 280042

FFWEAX

MOC047-095-280645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

739 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP

  AND MOVE ACROSS DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY...GLADSTONE...AND WESTWOOD

  HILLS AREA.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE

  OCCURING WITH THESE STORMS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  KANSAS CITY...AVONDALE...BLUE SPRINGS...BUCKNER...EXCELSIOR

  SPRINGS...GLADSTONE...GRAIN VALLEY...GRANDVIEW...INDEPENDENCE...

  LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES SUMMIT AND LEVASY



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND

BARRICADES SET UP TO BLOCK WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE BARRICADES ARE

SET UP FOR YOUR PROTECTION.



BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE IN YOUR AREA...WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3935 9422 3920 9423 3914 9413 3909 9413

      3884 9414 3885 9461 3935 9461



$$



SF

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