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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

135 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT THURSDAY

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



IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

     NEMAHA...NORTHERN MARSHALL AND BROWN



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

     KICKAPOO RESERVATION...SUMMERFIELD...SABETHA...MARYSVILLE

     ROBINSON...POWHATTAN...CENTRALIA...VERMILLION...FRANKFORT...

     SENECA...HIAWATHA AND HORTON.



AT 129 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN

WAS CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF

MARSHALL AND MUCH OF NEMAHA AND BROWN COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF MARSHALL

COUNTY ALREADY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THIS AREA OVER 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF. 



ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER EAST ACROSS NEMAHA AND BROWN 

COUNTIES...ARE OCCURRING IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES 

OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 2 NIGHTS. 



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.



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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