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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

101 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



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

UNTIL 2 PM CDT...



AS OF 1 PM...THE JEFFERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED WATER 

WAS PONDING ALONG HIGHWAY 24 NEAR GRANTVILLE.  ALSO THERE WERE 

SEVERAL REPORTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN 

JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THE TOPEKA POLICE REPORTED THAT MOST OF THE 

FLOODING HAD RECEDED ACROSS THE CITY OF TOPEKA.



RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SHAWNEE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 

2 PM...AND MAY AGGRAVATE ANY CURRENT 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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