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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

330 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLOUD AND OTTAWA COUNTIES

UNTIL 430 AM CDT...



THE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM 

ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



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