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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1134 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2005



KSC177-020645-

SHAWNEE-

1134 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY...



AT 1131 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SHAWNEE COUNTY. THESE 

STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR...WITH 

RADAR NOW ESTIMATING TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS 

NORTHEAST SHAWNEE COUNTY.  



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS MONITORING FLOODING ON ROCHESTER ROAD IN 

TOPEKA BETWEEN 39TH AND 45TH STREETS. HALFDAY CREEK IS STILL RUNNING 

OVER THE ROADWAY IN SPOTS BETWEEN TOPEKA AND ELMONT. 



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.



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

      3905 9550 3896 9550 3893 9558 3907 9580

      3921 9574



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