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WGUS73 KEAX 022138
FFSEAX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
438 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

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Cass MO-Jackson MO-Lafayette MO-Ray MO-
438 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN CASS, EASTERN JACKSON, WEST CENTRAL
LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHWESTERN RAY COUNTIES...

At 438 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported flash flooding across
the warned area. Several roads are closed in Pleasant Hill, and
flooding has also been reported in Blue Springs and Buckner. Between
1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts
up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Independence, Lee`s Summit, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Pleasant
  Hill, Oak Grove, Greenwood, Buckner, Lake Lotawana, Lake
  Winnebago, Lone Jack, Orrick, Lake Tapawingo, Sibley, Baldwin
  Park, Levasy, Napoleon, Bates City, Camden and Strasburg.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 18 and
31.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 3923 9425 3921 9421 3927 9421 3924 9401
      3892 9409 3892 9411 3881 9412 3875 9413
      3875 9437 3898 9434

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

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