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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
717 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.
* AT 716 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MANHATTAN, JUNCTION CITY, OGDEN, GRANDVIEW PLAZA, KEATS AND TUTTLE
CREEK LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 290 AND 308.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3901 9696 3905 9696 3909 9696 3920 9685
3938 9668 3922 9647 3907 9664 3897 9676
3899 9696
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
CP
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