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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
335 PM CST WED MAR 3 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE FROM
1200 PM THURSDAY THROUGH 1200 AM FRIDAY
THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
ANDERSON COFFEY DOUGLAS
FRANKLIN JEFFERSON LYON
MORRIS OSAGE SHAWNEE
WABAUNSEE
SOME CITIES IN THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDE...
EMPORIA LAWRENCE OTTAWA
TOPEKA
...HEAVY RAINS MAY BRING FLOODING TO PARTS OF THE AREA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...
RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE REGION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES
NORTHEAST FROM WESTERN TEXAS INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAYS NIGHT. THE RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN TO FALL.
THE HEAVY RAINS WILL BE FALLING OVER AREAS WITH HIGH SOIL MOISTURE
CONTENT. CONSEQUENTLY...THE GROUND IN MOST AREAS IS SATURATED AND
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE
FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND HIGHWAYS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE
WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK
ACTION IF FLOODING THREATENS.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER
DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
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