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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

111 PM CDT SAT SEP 15 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT SATURDAY

AFTERNOON...FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

     JACKSON



IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

     SHAWNEE AND OSAGE



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

     TOPEKA...LYNDON...HOLTON...OLIVET...MELVERN...QUENEMO...OSAGE

     CITY...BURLINGAME...SCRANTON...OVERBROOK...CARBONDALE...

     RICHLAND...AUBURN...SILVER LAKE...DELIA...HOYT...MAYETTA...

     DENISON...CIRCLEVILLE...SOLDIER...POMONA LAKE...MELVERN LAKE AND

     POTAWATOMI RESERVATION



AT 110 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF JACKSON...OSAGE... 

AND SHAWNEE COUNTIES SINCE 10 AM.  ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE IN MUCH OF THESE AREAS THROUGH 2 PM.



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.



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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