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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

618 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005



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SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-

618 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN WABAUNSEE AND NORTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTIES...



AT 615 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

TOPEKA...ALMA...MCFARLAND...PAXICO...MAPLE HILL...WILLARD...SILVER

LAKE AND ROSSVILLE.



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 182.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 324 AND 355.



TOPEKAS BILLARD AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL AS OF 

6 AM...AND SPOTTER REPORTS IN NORTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY HAVE EXCEEDED 

5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.  STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 

IN SHAWNEE COUNTY ON CARLSON ROAD...IN SOME LOCATIONS FROM 

INTERSTATE 70 TO WILLARD.  CREEKS WILL BE RUNNING BANKFULL WITH SOME 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS. MILL CREEK NEAR PAXICO IN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IS 

EXPECTED TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE OF 25 FEET THIS MORNING. 



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.



LAT...LON 3895 9562 3900 9648 3904 9648 3904 9639

      3906 9637 3916 9637 3917 9627 3920 9623

      3919 9609 3917 9607 3915 9610 3912 9603

      3920 9600 3920 9560



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