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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
