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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

914 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS

COUNTY...



AT 902 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING AT SEVERAL 

INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE.



AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW HEAVY RAIN FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 

EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY. RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING 

SOUTHEAST OF A CLINTON LAKE TO LAWRENCE LINE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL DOUGLAS 

COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  CLINTON LAKE

  EUDORA

  CLINTON

  LAWRENCE



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED FROM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 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.



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 3892 9546 3874 9547 3875 9507 3895 9507

      3895 9520 3901 9520 3899 9534



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