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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

706 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BROWN AND EASTERN NEMAHA

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 658 AM CDT...BROWN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ALL CREEKS IN 

BROWN COUNTY WERE STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  AT 701 AM NEMAHA COUNTY

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER HAD RECEDED FROM HIGHWAY 75...BUT 

SOME STREETS WERE STILL FLOODED IN SABETHA.  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

ONEIDA DEER CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS WITH FLOODING ON 

NEARBY FIELDS.



ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS NEARLY ENDED IN BROWN AND NEMAHA COUNTIES IT WILL 

TAKE SOME TIME FOR WATER TO COMPLETELY RECEDE.



RESIDENTS OF KICKAPOO RESERVATION...SABETHA...ONEIDA...FAIRVIEW...

POWHATTAN...GOFF AND HIAWATHA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE THREAT OF

FLOODING.



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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