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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1044 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR JEFFERSON

COUNTY...



AT 1040 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...SOME WITH LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINFALL.  RADAR ESTIMATES FOR THE 3 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 

1030 AM INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOME 

SPOTS. 



RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THE RAINFALL WILL BE DIMINISHING OR ENDING 

ACROSS THE AREA HOWEVER THERE WILL BE SOME LAG TIME BETWEEN ENDING 

OF THE RAINFALL AND STREAM RESPONSES. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS

TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3936 9519 3922 9518 3906 9518 3906 9557

          3933 9558 3940 9555 3941 9534 3941 9524



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