Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Cass County in west central Missouri... Southeastern Clay County in west central Missouri... Ray County in west central Missouri... Western Lafayette County in west central Missouri... Jackson County in west central Missouri... Northwestern Johnson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 301 PM CDT, Doppler radar, automated gauges, and NWS employees indicated storms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to five inches of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar, automated gauges, and NWS Employees. IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Independence, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Raymore, Grain Valley, Excelsior Springs, Pleasant Hill, Oak Grove, Richmond, Odessa, Greenwood, Lexington, Peculiar, Buckner, Holden, Lake Lotawana, Lake Winnebago, Lone Jack, Orrick and Wellington. Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the warned area.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS, MO ... JACKSON, MO ... RAY, MO ... JOHNSON, MO ... LAFAYETTE, MO ... CLAY, MO

Instructions:

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.