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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

732 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005



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JEFFERSON-

732 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN

JEFFERSON COUNTY...



AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS IN 

SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.



EXPECT RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH THIS STORM. 

4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN...3 MILES EAST OF 

MERIDEN...SINCE THE STORMS BEGAN. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING...AND 

WATER OVER ROADWAYS...ARE BEING REPORTED IN THE MERIDEN AREA. 

SPOTTERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD ON SOUTH STREET IN 

GRANTVILLE. 



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

MERIDEN...PERRY...GRANTVILLE...AND WILLIAMSTOWN.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 3926 9521 3903 9519 3909 9558 3923 9557



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