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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1055 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2001



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1200 AM CDT...



AT 1053 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN NORTHERN BROWN 

COUNTY...GENERALLY NORTH OF HIAWATHA.  SEVERAL COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP

ROADS HAD WATER OVER THEM.  MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN 

NEMAHA AND BROWN COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE WATER OVER ROADS WILL STILL

POSE A THREAT TO MOTORISTS.  



HIAWATHA...SENECA...WETMORE...CORNING...GOFF...CENTRALIA...

ROBINSON...FAIRVIEW...ONEIDA...SABETHA...MORRILL...BERN...RESERVE...

AND BAILEYVILLE STILL COULD HAVE FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING.



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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