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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
855 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2026
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CLAY KS-POTTAWATOMIE KS-RILEY KS-
855 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY, WEST CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE AND
NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTIES...
AT 854 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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...
WAKEFIELD, RILEY, LEONARDVILLE, OLSBURG, RANDOLPH AND TUTTLE CREEK
LAKE.
RILEY COUNTY AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
REPORT CLOSED ROADS IN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3946 9691 3945 9672 3943 9650 3929 9672
3923 9683 3922 9707
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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