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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1109 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007



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RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-GEARY-WABAUNSEE-

1109 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR

WABAUNSEE...NORTHEASTERN GEARY...WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND RILEY

COUNTIES...



AT 1105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING MOVING 

SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 

FROM NEAR RILEY...ACROSS LEONARDVILLE AND THE RANDOLPH VICINITY.

RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE 

POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS.



OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SLOWLY

NORTHEAST ACROSS WABAUNSEE COUNTY.



AT AROUND 1053 AM THE RILEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER ONE FOOT 

DEEP FLOWING OVER BARTON ROAD JUST EAST OF UNION ROAD...OR ABOUT

3 MILES EAST OF LEONARDVILLE.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

THE MANHATTAN VICINITY...TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR...TUTTLE CREEK STATE 

PARK...WESTMORELAND...RANDOLPH...OLSBURG AND LEONARDVILLE...AND THE 

ALMA VICINITY.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 304 AND 335.



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 3876 9635 3875 9594 3889 9596 3905 9614

      3914 9620 3955 9646 3955 9697 3928 9694

      3893 9660 3886 9640



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