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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

724 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL

1045 AM CDT...



AT 724 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN 

THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BLUE SPRINGS...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...GLADSTONE...GRAIN 

VALLEY...INDEPENDENCE...KEARNEY...LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES 

SUMMIT...LIBERTY AND LONE JACK.



THE FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD MOSTLY BE OCCUR IN THE CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN PORTIONS OF CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES...WHERE THE MAJORITY 

OF THE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3942 9425 3914 9423 3886 9415 3886 9459

      3910 9455 3942 9460



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