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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1118 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



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

WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...



BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS 

AVERAGED AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF.  LESSER AMOUNTS WERE IN 

WYANDOTTE COUNTY...AVERAGING UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY...STATE HIGHWAY 

K32 WAS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.  42ND STREET AND 

KANSAS AVENUE WERE CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD...AS WAS I-35 

NEAR TURKEY CREEK WAS ALSO CLOSED.  ALSO...I-635 WAS CLOSED NEAR 

I-70 DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.



IN JOHNSON COUNTY...THE NORTHBOUND RAMP TO SOUTHWEST TRAFFICWAY WAS 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...HOWEVER THE HIGHWAY REMAINED OPEN.



THE RAINFALL IS DIMINISHING FOR THE TIME BEING.  THROUGH 12:30 

AM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS WILL BE 

LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH.  THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN 

EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...NEAR STANLEY AND OVERLAND PARK...WHERE 

AMOUNTS MAY BE NEAR HALF AN INCH THROUGH 12:30 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3913 9463 3876 9463 3877 9505 3897 9490

      3918 9486



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