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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

759 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006



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OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-

759 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006



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

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



AT 755 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING WITH WATER RUNNING OVER ROADS 2350 AND 2400 BETWEEN U S 

HIGHWAYS 59 AND 169.  ALSO...IN GARNETT...WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING 

OVER U S HIGHWAY 59.  IN COFFEY COUNTY...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF 

WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING SWIFTLY ACROSS ROADS IN THE NORTHWEST 

PART OF THE COUNTY.  AT 745 PM...AN OBSERVER CALLED IN FROM MELVERN 

IN SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY WITH 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING.  RADAR 

SHOWED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN 

COUNTIES...WITH MODERATE RAIN FALLING ACROSS OSAGE AND COFFEY 

COUNTIES.  THROUGH 9 PM...THE HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE ENDING...BUT 

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

OTTAWA...GARNETT...WESTPHALIA...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 3812 9507 3864 9512



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