FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
932 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2011
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
MISSOURI...
MISSOURI RIVER AT ATCHISON AFFECTING ATCHISON...BUCHANAN AND PLATTE
COUNTIES.
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
MISSOURI...
MISSOURI RIVER AT ST JOSEPH AFFECTING DONIPHAN...ANDREW AND
BUCHANAN COUNTIES.
MISSOURI RIVER AT NAPOLEON AFFECTING JACKSON...LAFAYETTE AND RAY
COUNTIES.
MISSOURI RIVER AT WAVERLY AFFECTING CARROLL...LAFAYETTE AND SALINE
COUNTIES.
MISSOURI RIVER AT MIAMI AFFECTING CARROLL...CHARITON AND SALINE
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY. THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER
AND STREAM INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KC/.
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSOURI RIVER AT WAVERLY.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 8:30 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 21.1 FEET BY
SATURDAY EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
