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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

955 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY AND JACKSON 

COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...



AUTOMATED GAUGES ALONG BRUSH CREEK INDICATE THAT THE CREEK IS 

BEGINNING TO SLOWLY RECEDE.  HOWEVER...ANOTHER EXTENSIVE AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY...SOUTHWEST TO OLATHE...WILL 

MOVE EAST AND BACK INTO MUCH OF CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 10 

AND 11 PM.  IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL RESUMES...ALONG THE ORDER 

OF AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO...BRUSH CREEK WILL ONCE AGAIN BEGIN TO 

RISE.



ELSEWHERE...HIGHWAY 24 WAS REPORTED WEST OF BUCKNER...AND FLOODING 

STILL CONTINUES ALONG WARD PARKWAY.  MANY OTHER LOCATIONS TYPICALLY 

PRONE TO FLOODING IN HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO REPORTED UNDER WATER.  THE 

DOWNTOWN AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 3.74 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7 PM...WITH 

RADAR INDICATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL ALONG THE MISSOURI 

RIVER.



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  REMEMBER...TURN AROUND AND DONT 

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3939 9460 3890 9456 3891 9421 3942 9426



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