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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1237 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT THURSDAY

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



IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

     SHAWNEE AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS



IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

     SOUTHERN JEFFERSON



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

     GRANTVILLE...CLINTON LAKE...PERRY LAKE...MCLOUTH...MERIDEN...

     SILVER LAKE...WILLARD...PERRY...WILLIAMSTOWN...LECOMPTON...

     DOVER...EUDORA...CLINTON...AUBURN...OSKALOOSA...TOPEKA AND

     LAWRENCE



AT 1230 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SHAWNEE...NORTHERN 

DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEAR 

AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF SHAWNEE COUNTY SINE 1130 

PM WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE 

LIKELY FROM THESE STORMS.  



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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