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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
647 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
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WYANDOTTE KS-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-
647 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PLATTE...SOUTHERN CLAY...JACKSON AND EASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL
830 PM CDT...
AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAD PUSHED WELL EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. NO
MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HIGH WATER ON A FEW AREA ROADS FOR
THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BLUE
SPRINGS...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...GLADSTONE...GRANDVIEW...GREENWOOD...
INDEPENDENCE...KANSAS CITY...KANSAS CITY KANSAS...LAKE LOTAWANA...
LEE'S SUMMIT...LIBERTY...NORTH KANSAS CITY...RAYTOWN...RIVERSIDE...
SUGAR CREEK...WESTWOOD...AVONDALE...GLENAIRE...HOUSTON LAKE...KANSAS
CITY DOWNTOWN...LAKE TAPAWINGO...LAKE WAUKOMIS...MISSOURI CITY...
NORTHMOOR...OAKVIEW...PLATTE WOODS AND PLEASANT VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS 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.
LAT...LON 3884 9460 3904 9461 3904 9466 3925 9467
3925 9422 3899 9420 3891 9422 3885 9428
3885 9441
SAW
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