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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

150 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2005



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JACKSON-JEFFERSON-

150 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR

JEFFERSON AND JACKSON COUNTIES...



HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

RATES OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

JACKSON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 



IN JACKSON COUNTY...AT 75 HIGHWAY AND 134TH STREET...CARS HAVE BEEN 

ABANDONED IN FLOOD WATERS. MUDDY CREEK HAS BEEN REPORTED AS FLOODING 

OVER OLD HIGHWAY 75 IN SOUTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY.



JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTS NUMEROUS FLOODING PROBLEMS AND ROAD 

CLOSURES...INCLUDING ALONG KANSAS HIGHWAY 16...AS WELL AS ALONG 24 

HIGHWAY BY 59 JUNCTION. SOME CITY STREETS ARE ALSO CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING IN MERIDEN...AND MANY RURAL ROADS ARE CLOSED. 



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

OSKALOOSA...HOLTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...MERIDEN...MCLOUTH...OZAWKIE...

HOYT...WINCHESTER...MAYETTA...VALLEY FALLS...DENISON...NORTONVILLE...

CIRCLEVILLE...SOLDIER...PERRY LAKE...GRANTVILLE AND POTAWATOMI

RESERVATION.



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 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 3940 9556 3941 9518 3905 9519 3905 9535

      3908 9539 3907 9557 3924 9559 3924 9601

      3955 9600 3955 9559



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