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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

509 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



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NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-GEARY-

509 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR

GEARY...POTTAWATOMIE...EASTERN RILEY...BROWN AND NEMAHA COUNTIES...



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 

RILEY...NEMAHA AND BROWN COUNTIES.  WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING OVER 

HIGHWAY 177 IN RILEY COUNTY NEAR THE MILL CREEK AREA. WATER COVERED 

ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN MANHATTAN...HIAWATHA AND SABETHA. 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH ISOLATED 

ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  TUTTLE CREEK STATE PARK...

  WILLIS...

  WESTMORELAND...

  MANHATTAN...

  JUNCTION CITY...

  WAMEGO...

  ST. GEORGE...

  SENECA...

  SABETHA...

  OLSBURG...

  LOUISVILLE...

  KICKAPOO RESERVATION...

  IOWA SAC AND FOX RESERVATION...

  HORTON...

  HIAWATHA...



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 294 AND 319.



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 3998 9533 3966 9534 3963 9580 3957 9580

      3956 9604 3921 9607 3919 9636 3908 9641

      3897 9663 3887 9690 3922 9692 3922 9692

      3921 9685 3910 9684 3909 9682 3933 9660

      3946 9666 3956 9657 3956 9624 3998 9624



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