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KSZ069-092-093-241900-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1005 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM

CST FOR SUMNER...BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES...



AT 955 PM CST...SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED

MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH ALONG...AND EAST...OF A LINE FROM

WELLINGTON TO EL DORADO. WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM

EARLIER RAINS...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF

FIELDS AND STREAMS ACROSS THESE AREAS.



IN SUMNER COUNTY...MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAYS 160

AND 166 BY 911 DISPATCH. ALTHOUGH THE HIGHWAYS WERE STILL OPEN TO

TRAFFIC...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ALONG THESE ROADS.



IN BUTLER COUNTY...EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR

FLOODING OF 4 MILE CREEK SOUTH OF ANDOVER ON BUTLER ROAD...AS WELL

AS ALONG SOUTHWEST 150TH STREET AND SANTA FE LAKE ROAD. LAW

ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTED MINOR FLOODING ALONG BUTLER ROAD 2 MILES

NORTH OF HIGHWAY 254.



AVOID ALL WATER-COVERED ROADS...AND STAY AWAY FROM CREEKS AND LOW-

LYING AREAS.



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