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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1251 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



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DOUGLAS-

1251 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR DOUGLAS

COUNTY...



AT 1248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 

MPH.



AT 1250 AM...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTHERN 

PORTION OF THE COUNTY...WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES 

ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS...INCLUDING LAWRENCE AND EUDORA. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO ACROSS 

NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY.



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.



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



LAT...LON 3903 9535 3903 9519 3896 9518 3897 9512

      3896 9510 3897 9506 3874 9505 3873 9549

      3905 9549 3906 9541



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