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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

910 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR DICKINSON...

GEARY...OTTAWA...SOUTHERN RILEY AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES...



AT 909 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...WERE CONTINUING OVER THE 

WARNING AREA. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

MINNEAPOLIS TO OGDEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTH 

OF SALINA TO 9 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING EAST AT 

AROUND 20 MPH. ROAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN 

CLAY COUNTY SINCE 7 AM. THREE TO FOUR AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALSO BEEN REPORTED FROM EASTERN SECTIONS OF OTTAWA COUNTY EAST 

ACROSS SOUTHERN CLAY AND NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTIES THROUGH 

845 AM.  



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  RILEY...

  MILFORD LAKE...

  MILFORD...

  WAKEFIELD...

  LONGFORD...

  OAK HILL...

  DELPHOS...

  JUNCTION CITY...

  MANHATTAN.



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3934 9670 3931 9728 3930 9736 3930 9793

      3898 9791 3897 9735 3873 9736 3873 9694

      3887 9695 3888 9652 3903 9650 3912 9643

      3920 9657



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