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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

750 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005



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JEFFERSON-

750 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005



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

JEFFERSON COUNTY...



AT 748 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM 

WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...EXTENDING 

FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF PERRY LAKE...SOUTHEAST THROUGH WILLIAMSTOWN. 

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

PASSES. A REPORT OF 4.8 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS 

STORM...3 MILES EAST OF MERIDEN. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING...AND 

WATER OVER ROADWAYS...HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE MERIDEN AREA. STREET 

FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN GRANTVILLE. RAINFALL IS ON THE 

DECREASE IN THESE AREAS...HOWEVER CURRENT RADAR INDICATES THAT THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS NOW OCCURRING AROUND WILLIAMSTOWN.  



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

PERRY 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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