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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

444 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005



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JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS-

444 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS AND

SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 444 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS

AND HIGHWAYS IN THE LAWRENCE AREA WERE STILL UNDER WATER. ALTHOUGH

RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO NEAR 1 INCH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM.

THIS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE CURRENT FLOODING OR SLOW ITS RECESSION. 



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

LAWRENCE...BALDWIN CITY...CLINTON...EUDORA...LECOMPTON...WILLIAMSTOWN

AND CLINTON LAKE.



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 206.



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



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.



LAT...LON 3897 9519 3896 9518 3897 9512 3896 9510

      3897 9506 3875 9506 3874 9549 3902 9548

      3905 9546 3915 9518



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