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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1149 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005



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WABAUNSEE-

1149 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN

WABAUNSEE COUNTY...



AT 1148 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

WATER OVER K 4 HIGHWAY BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 308 AND 309. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA...RUNOFF FROM 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE EVENING WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONTINUED

FLOODING UNTIL AROUND 1 AM. 



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

HARVEYVILLE...ESKRIDGE AND VOLLAND.



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.



LAT...LON 3890 9595 3888 9595 3876 9595 3875 9619

      3874 9620 3874 9637 3881 9637 3883 9646

      3896 9649 3908 9595



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