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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1240 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 1232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNING AREA. REPORTS AROUND 1230 PM 

FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN LAWRENCE INDICATED DRIVERS WERE 

STRANDED IN FLOODED VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  PERRY

  PERRY LAKE

  MERIDEN

  LAWRENCE



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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 3894 9552 3894 9519 3919 9519 3919 9559

      3909 9557 3907 9550



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