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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Flash Flood Warning

National Weather Service Topeka KS

1220 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026



The National Weather Service in Topeka has extended the



* Flash Flood Warning for...

  Northwestern Ottawa County in north central Kansas...



* Until 245 AM CDT.



* At 1219 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 

  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 

  3 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. 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 and automated gauges.



  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...

  Minneapolis and Ada.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



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LAT...LON 3912 9793 3913 9793 3924 9793 3927 9779

      3913 9763 3902 9793



FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED



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