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KSZ083-252200-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

400 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEDGWICK

COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM CST...



AT 350 AM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT 

13TH STREET NORTH AND 119TH STREET WEST IN WICHITA TO BE IMPASSABLE 

WITH AROUND A HALF FOOT OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD. THE COWSKIN 

CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL 

MINOR RISES LIKELY.



MINOR FLOODING ALSO PERSISTS ALONG THE COWSKIN CREEK BETWEEN 119TH 

STREET AND 135TH STREET IN WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING 

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

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

AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.



REPEATING...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR

SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CST.



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