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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1125 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM

CST...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLASH FLOOD 

PRODUCING RAINS HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OF BUTLER COUNTY. HOWEVER 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS 

MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AVOID ALL 

WATER-COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS.



AT 1110 AM CST...THE BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT JUST SOUTH 

OF ANDOVER THE INTERSECTION OF SW 150TH STREET COUNTY LINE ROAD WAS 

CLOSED. ALSO...THE 13000TH BLOCK OF SW 140TH ST WAS FLOODED BUT 

STILL PASSABLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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