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WGUS73 KTOP 012124  
FFSTOP  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
424 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
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JACKSON KS-SHAWNEE KS-WABAUNSEE KS-  
424 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING  
FOR NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE, NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL  
JACKSON COUNTIES...  
 
AT 424 PM CDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND  
WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS ACROSS NORTHWEST SHAWNEE COUNTY. BETWEEN 3  
AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1  
INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY  
OCCURRING.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.  
 
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.  
 
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...  
ROSSVILLE, SILVER LAKE, HOYT, MAPLE HILL AND WILLARD.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 340 AND 349.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3913 9604 3914 9604 3933 9573 3920 9559  
3900 9600 3910 9611 3915 9604 3913 9605  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
 

 
 
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