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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1039 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1035 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  TOPEKA...



THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 

PM. THE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM...AS ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...AND CREEKS AND LOW LYING SPOTS HAVE NOT 

YET RECEDED. 



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



SOME REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDE...IN TOPEKA...HIGH WATER AT SEVENTH 

AND TYLER...A PUBLIC REPORT OF FLOODING AT TENTH AND 

CALIFORNIA...PUBLIC REPORT OF FLOODING AT 74TH AND ROCHESTER...AND 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING FLOODING ON ROCHESTER BETWEEN 39TH 

AND 45TH STREETS. HALFDAY CREEK IS STILL RUNNING OVER THE ROADWAY IN 

SPOTS BETWEEN TOPEKA AND ELMONT...AND MUDDY CREEK IS EXPECTED TO BE 

RUNNING HIGH AND OUT OF ITS BANKS IN SPOTS. 



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3920 9559 3908 9560 3905 9558 3906 9551

      3905 9550 3896 9550 3893 9558 3907 9580

      3921 9574



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