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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

945 PM CST THU MAR 15 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 

SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT CST...



AT 940 PM CST SEDGWICK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MINOR 

FLOODING CONTINUING FROM THE COWSKIN CREEK AT THE INTERSECTION OF 

119TH STREET WEST AND TAFT IN WEST WICHITA. THE LEVELS OF THE 

COWSKIN CREEK HAVE BEEN NEARLY STEADY SINCE 510 PM CST. HOWEVER...IF 

YOU LIVE ALONG THE COWSKIN CREEK NEAR THE 119TH STREET WEST-TAFT 

INTERSECTION REMAIN ALERT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.



RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF 

THE COWSKIN CREEK NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES 

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. AVOID DRIVING 

THRU WATER-COVERED STREETS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.



BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SITUATION.



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