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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

906 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005



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906 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL

BROWN COUNTY...



AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN THIS EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF U.S. 

HIGHWAY 36 EAST OF HIAWATHA.  RAINFALL IS BEGINNING TO TAPER 

OFF...BUT WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA THROUGH ABOUT 945 PM.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

HIAWATHA AND ROBINSON.



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

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



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3975 9559 3972 9533 3991 9533 3989 9557



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