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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

903 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY...



AT 904 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

IN MANHATTAN WITH WATER RUSHING DOWN STREETS AND FLOWING ACROSS 

ROADS.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  KEATS...

  MANHATTAN...

  RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY.



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM IS CAUSING 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 DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3932 9694 3934 9670 3923 9656 3917 9656

      3917 9640 3908 9639 3909 9683 3921 9684

      3923 9694



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