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Record rainfall continues as Ottawa area hits new date high
Ottawa endures heavy showers with 2.6 inches in a day setting a new date record while total rainfall this month nears 8.8 inches well above the August average. Pottawatomie Creek near Lane rises to 12.1 feet with flood stage at 23 feet and is forecast to crest tonight before dropping by Saturday. Water advisories urge motorists to avoid standing water as storms linger with relief not in sight.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Twenty Third Street
Franklin County
County Clark
Otawa
Eisenhower Road
N.W
East
23Rd St
S.W
Sale
23Rd
Thanca Mount
County
U.S
City of
Lals
Gaynor Addition
Standish Pipe Line Company
Tacord
PAM
S.E
24Rd Street
Lyla A. Hanes Blux
Kansas City Power & Light Company
Alga
Thane
David J. Baltga
Phillips Petroleum Company
Toka Place
Nore of
Jess
N.E
23Rd Street
West 19Th Street
Kansan
Jim Bradley
Haney
Pottawatomie Creek
Lane
Pomona Lake
Melvern Lake
Radcliffe
National Weather Service
Darrel Smith
Topeka
Smith