000 FPUS73 KTOP 272226 NOWTOP SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 526 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004 KSZ026-039-040-054>056-280000- SHAWNEE-JEFFERSON-LYON-OSAGE-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN- 526 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM MAINLY JUST TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 35...BETWEEN MELVERN LAKE AND LAWRENCE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF THE AREA. $$ KSZ011-012-023-024-037-038-280000- NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE- 526 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004 .NOW... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF THE AREA. $$