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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

850 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



...CRITICAL FLASH FLOOD EVENT UNFOLDING ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO 

AREA...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR JOHNSON AND 

WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...



OFFICIALS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORT THAT INTERSTATE 35 HAS 

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...IN THE VICINITY OF LAMAR.  THE RAMP 

FROM I-35 TO SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD HAS ALSO BEEN SHUT DOWN DUE TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION  MOTORISTS 

ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IN THE METRO AREA 

THIS EVENING.  MANY LOCATIONS ARE FLOODING RAPIDLY...INCLUDING 

LOCATIONS EAST OF THE STATE LINE SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. YOU WILL PUT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY IN SERIOUS DANGER IF 

YOU DO. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3907 9492 3879 9499 3878 9466 3916 9463

      3919 9485



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