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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1145 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JEFFERSON AND SHAWNEE COUNTIES

UNTIL 2 PM CDT...



AT 1140 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST 

HALF OF THE CITY OF TOPEKA.  MANY INTERSECTIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST 

HALF OF TOPEKA ARE IMPASSABLE.



RADAR INDICATES THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN NARROW BAND 

FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOPEKA NORTHEAST TO GRANTVILLE AND OZAWKIE.



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH 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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