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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

945 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 945 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG MILL CREEK OVER 

BLUE RIVER HILLS ROAD ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN. WATER 

WAS REPORTED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF FEET DEEP AND FLOWING FAST ACROSS 

THE ROAD. LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BUT FLOODING ALONG 

THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS BLUE RIVER HILLS ROAD.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

  LEONARDVILLE

  RILEY





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

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



RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINS WILL LIKELY 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.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3939 9673 3924 9661 3923 9693 3938 9692



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