Tuesday, February 05, 2008

KANSAS CITY MetroRegion BREAKING WEATHER: NWS- Urban And Small Stream Advisory

From the NWS in Pleasant Hill:


URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR:

CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

NORTHWESTERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 928 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. IN EXCESS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR OVER THE PAST 3 TO 4 HOURS. IN ADDITION... OBSERVED RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEEDED ONE INCH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS (1.6-INCHES IN STILWELL AS OF 10 AM).

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.


SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BELTON... GARDEN CITY... GREENWOOD... HARRISONVILLE...HOLDEN... LA CYGNE... LAKE LOTAWANA... LOUISBURG... MOUND CITY... ODESSA... OSAWATOMIE... PAOLA... PECULIAR... PLEASANT HILL AND PLEASANTON.



The Winter Storm Warning also continues in effect.

Monitoring of the Missouri Highway Patrol (MOHP) troop out of St. Joseph indicate I-35 and I-29 are both slick and hazardous in northern and northwestern MO.
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