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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1243 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...

NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN CLAY AND NORTHERN RILEY COUNTIES

UNTIL 200 AM CST...



AT 1243 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE AREA OVER THE PAST FEW 

HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MOVING IN. SATURATED GROUND 

CONDITIONS DUE TO RAINS OVER RECENT DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW 

SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. 



RUNOFF 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.



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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