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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

720 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EAST CENTRAL CLOUD AND

NORTHERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM CDT...



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF CLOUD COUNTY...HOWEVER 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL MAY STILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND 

LOW-LYING AREAS TO FLOOD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY MOVING EAST 

AT 20 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

ESTIMATE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR ACROSS NORTHERN CLAY 

COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

INTERSECTIONS AND ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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