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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

838 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

DOUGLAS...NORTHERN WABAUNSEE...SHAWNEE...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND

SOUTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...



AT 837 PM CDT...SHAWNEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS THE CITY OF TOPEKA WITH CARS BECOMING 

STRANDED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  GRANTVILLE

  LOUISVILLE

  BELVUE

  WAMEGO

  MERIDEN

  ROSSVILLE

  WILLARD

  PERRY

  MAPLE HILL

  WILLIAMSTOWN

  PAXICO



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. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL...STAY HOME. IF YOU BECOME 

STRANDED BY RISING WATER...ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3922 9604 3921 9559 3909 9519 3896 9518

      3876 9548 3889 9551 3889 9590 3895 9648

      3902 9649 3905 9637 3917 9636 3918 9651

      3937 9668



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