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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1051 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



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

GEARY...SOUTHERN RILEY AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...



AT 1043 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 

EASTERN PARTS OF MANHATTAN.  THIRD STREET WAS REPORTED COMPLETELY 

SUBMERGED IN WATER.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER 

SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY TO THE WEST OF MANHATTAN AND WILL MOVE INTO 

RILEY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST GEARY COUNTY PRODUCING MORE FLASH 

FLOODING THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  KEATS

  RILEY

  WAKEFIELD

  MANHATTAN



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 3932 9711 3913 9713 3908 9670 3906 9649

      3904 9639 3916 9639 3920 9656 3937 9669



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