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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

505 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WOODSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES

UNTIL 745 AM CDT...



AT 505 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS WOODSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES

REPORTED SOME FLOODING DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. IN WOODSON

COUNTY...LOW WATER BRIDGES WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN YATES CENTER WITH

MANY DITCHES RUNNING BANKFULL. IN ALLEN COUNTY...HIGH WATER OVER CITY

STREETS IN IOLA RESULTED IN A FEW STALLED VEHICLES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE

ON FOOT. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



/DARMOFAL



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