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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

709 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006



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OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-

709 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR 

NORTHERN ANDERSON...COFFEY...FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTIES...



AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER THE SOUTHERN OSAGE AND MUCH OF COFFEY...FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON 

COUNTIES.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR 

CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS.  A RAINFALL OBSERVER IN NEOSHO RAPIDS IN 

EXTREME EASTERN LYON COUNTY REPORTED 2.45 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS 

THAN 2 HOURS...AND AN OBSERVER 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTAWA HAD 1.6 

INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES.  HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE 

COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN 

LOW LYING AREAS.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

OTTAWA...GARNETT...HARRIS...GREELEY...WAVERLY...RICHMOND...LEBO...

OLIVET...WILLIAMSBURG...PRINCETON...MELVERN...RANTOUL...QUENEMO...

MELVERN LAKE AND JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 187.



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.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3853 9594 3822 9595 3816 9507 3864 9512



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