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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1119 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007



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REPUBLIC-

1119 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR

REPUBLIC COUNTY...



AT 1116 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OF 

EIGHT TO TEN INCHES FLOWING OVER MAIN STREET IN SOUTHERN 

BELLEVILLE.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER REPUBLIC COUNTY.  MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE 

CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

BELLEVILLE...

NARKA AND MUNDEN



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3965 9793 3966 9759 3979 9736 4000 9737

      4000 9765 3986 9793



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