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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

928 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2005



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SHAWNEE-

928 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY...



AT 927 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS AND LAW 

ENFORCEMENT ALONG HALFDAY CREEK...BETWEEN TOPEKA AND 

ELMONT...INDICATE WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROADWAY IN SPOTS. HEAVY 

RAINS HAVE ALSO FALLEN IN THE MUDDY CREEK BASIN IN SHAWNEE AND 

JACKSON COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINFALL. AT 930 PM...ANOTHER LINE OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 

MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL SHAWNEE COUNTY OVER TOPEKA...AND INTO 

NORTHEAST SHAWNEE COUNTY...AT 15 MPH. EXPECT STREET FLOODING IN 

TOPEKA WITH FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS OF THE CITY.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

TOPEKA AND ELMONT.



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 188.



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 3920 9559 3908 9560 3905 9558 3906 9551

      3905 9550 3896 9550 3893 9558 3907 9580

      3921 9574



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