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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

850 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001



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

BARTON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...



AT 840 PM CDT...GREAT BEND 911 DISPATCH REPORTED WATER ONE TO ONE 

AND A HALF FEET DEEP ON WASHINGTON AVENUE IN GREAT BEND. IN ADDITION

WATER ABOUT ONE FOOT DEEP FLOODED AREAS AROUND AN APARTMENT COMPLEX 

ON THE WEST SIDE OF GREAT BEND.



THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AROUND 30 MPH 

ACROSS ELLSWORTH AND RICE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...SHOWERS WITH A FEW 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT BARTON COUNTY AND 

GREAT BEND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH 10 PM. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND 

THE RESULTING RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN 

AND AROUND GREAT BEND.



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES...AS 

WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AVOID WATER COVERED ROADWAYS AND 

LOW-LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.



IF YOU LIVE IN GREAT BEND OR SURROUNDING AREAS...REMAIN ALERT FOR 

LOCALIZED FLOODING AND BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



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