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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

116 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY

MORNING...FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

     GEARY



IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

     SOUTHERN RILEY



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

     MILFORD LAKE...KEATS...OGDEN...MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY



AT 109 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE

MANHATTAN VICINITY.  SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS HAVE PASSED OVER

THE ADVISORY AREA.  RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES.



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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