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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

746 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT SATURDAY

EVENING...FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



     GEARY...SHAWNEE...DOUGLAS...NORTHERN MORRIS...NORTHERN OSAGE AND

     WABAUNSEE...DICKINSON...JEFFERSON.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

     GRANTVILLE...CLINTON LAKE...PERRY LAKE...VALLEY FALLS...

     TALMAGE...MOONLIGHT...WINCHESTER...OZAWKIE...MCLOUTH...

     MERIDEN...ROSSVILLE...SILVER LAKE...WILLARD...PERRY...MAPLE

     HILL...WILLIAMSTOWN...PAXICO...LECOMPTON...MCFARLAND...DOVER...

     CHAPMAN...EUDORA...VOLLAND...CLINTON...AUBURN...ENTERPRISE...

     RICHLAND...ALTA VISTA...ESKRIDGE...DWIGHT...CARBONDALE...WHITE

     CITY...WOODBINE...OVERBROOK...SCRANTON...HARVEYVILLE...BALDWIN

     CITY...PARKERVILLE...LATIMER...HOPE...CARLTON...ALMA...

     OSKALOOSA...TOPEKA...JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE AND ABILENE.



AT 742 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.  

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.



FLOODING OF ROADS...INTERSECTIONS...AND LOW LYING AREAS HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED IN SHAWNEE...DOUGLAS...AND NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTIES.  



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...

HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO

FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING OCCURS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER

MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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