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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

728 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR COFFEY...LYON

AND OSAGE COUNTIES...



AT 725 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA.  RAINFALL RATES UP TO AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF PER 

HOUR WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN COFFEY COUNTY. RAINFALL 

RATES HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY OVER OSAGE AND MUCH OF LYON 

COUNTY...HOWEVER...THE GROUNDS OVER THESE AREAS REMAIN NEARLY 

SATURATED.   



SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  WAVERLY

  MELVERN LAKE

  POMONA LAKE

  CARBONDALE

  SCRANTON

  BUSHONG

  OSAGE CITY

  ADMIRE

  MELVERN

  AMERICUS

  LEBO

  LYNDON

  EMPORIA



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3869 9633 3872 9595 3885 9559 3806 9554

      3806 9589 3819 9596 3819 9633



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