Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Kansas City, MO

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280057
FFSEAX
MOC047-095-280515-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
754 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

...A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY DEVELOPING ALONG BRUSH 
CREEK NEAR WARD PARKWAY... 

...KC FIRE REPORTS NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES...

EXTREMELY RAPID RISES HAVE BEEN NOTED ALONG BRUSH CREEK NEAR WARD 
PARKWAY...WHERE THE CREEK ROSE FROM 35 FEET AT 725 PM TO 42 FEET AT 
742 PM. RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS 
ANTICIPATED.  IF YOU OBSERVE RAPIDLY RISING WATER...IMMEDIATELY 
EVACUATE YOUR LOCATION FOR HIGHER GROUND

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. YOU WILL RISK YOUR LIFE IN THIS SITUATION IF YOU DO SO. 
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 
HIGHER GROUND.

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

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HUDSON

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280300
FFSEAX
MOC047-095-280645-

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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HUDSON

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280406
FFSEAX
MOC047-095-280700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1106 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR JACKSON AND
CLAY COUNTIES...

BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN JACKSON COUNTY WERE 
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES.  IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME...THE HIGHEST 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN CLAY COUNTY WERE IN THE SOUTHERN PART...AND 
AVERAGED AROUND A HALF AN INCH.  

CLAY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT RANDOLPH ROAD AND 
NORTHEAST BIRMINGHAM NEAR THE AMERISTAR CASINO WERE CLOSED DUE TO 
WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.  ADDITIONALLY...69 HIGHWAY NEAR MOSBY WAS 
CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH 12:30 AM WILL 
BE AROUND ANOTHER INCH.  IN CLAY COUNTY...MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE 
IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...AND WILL BE AT LEAST ANOTHER 
HALF AN INCH.

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 3933 9425 3888 9416 3888 9458 3940 9458

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000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280645
FFSEAX
MOC047-095-280715-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
145 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND CLAY
COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

WHILE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL 
NOT BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. EXCESS RUNOFF FROM 
PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND STREAMS AND 
CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED...THUS ENDING THE FLOOD 
THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
PLEASANT HILL.


LAT...LON 3943 9424 3885 9423 3887 9458 3943 9460

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LVQ