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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1118 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS...OSAGE...

LYON...FRANKLIN AND COFFEY COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...



AT 1116 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 1 MILE EAST OF RANTOUL 

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS OBSERVED A 

CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS. 



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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