FFWTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Douglas County in east central Kansas... Shawnee County in east central Kansas... Southern Jackson County in northeastern Kansas... Jefferson County in northeastern Kansas... * Until 730 AM CDT. * At 428 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 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. 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... Topeka, Lawrence, Valley Falls, Rossville, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Dover, Silver Lake, Auburn, Perry, McLouth, Meriden, Hoyt, Ozawkie, Lecompton, Clinton, Winchester, Mayetta, Denison and Delia. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 between mile markers 347 and 355. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 170 and 205.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 156 UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 154. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS DICKINSON IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ANDERSON COFFEY DOUGLAS FRANKLIN GEARY LYON MORRIS OSAGE SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS JEFFERSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE, ALMA, ALTA VISTA, BURLINGAME, BURLINGTON, CARBONDALE, COUNCIL GROVE, EMPORIA, ESKRIDGE, GARNETT, GRANTVILLE, HARVEYVILLE, HERINGTON, JUNCTION CITY, LAWRENCE, LEBO, LYNDON, MAPLE HILL, MCFARLAND, MCLOUTH, MERIDEN, NORTONVILLE, OSAGE CITY, OSKALOOSA, OTTAWA, OVERBROOK, PAXICO, PERRY, TOPEKA, AND VALLEY FALLS.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas, including the following counties, in east central Kansas, Douglas and Shawnee. In northeast Kansas, Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha and Pottawatomie. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall will be possible tonight through Monday morning. Rivers and creeks may rise above flood stage.