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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

705 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEMAHA...MARSHALL AND BROWN

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 7 AM CDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS PERSISTING ACROSS 

SOUTHERN MARSHALL INTO ALL OF NEMAHA AND BROWN COUNTIES. RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF TWO AND A HALF TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN

FELL YESTERDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY

36. ALTHOUGH ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 AM...THE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL 

AGGRAVATE ANY EXISTING FLOODING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.        



CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL 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.



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 INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



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