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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

359 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001



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

SALINE...ELLSWORTH AND BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT...



AT 355 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL 

WAS OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN BARTON COUNTY...ALL OF 

ELLSWORTH COUNTY AND MOST OF SALINE COUNTY.  THE PRECIPITATION WAS 

FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG 

HIGHWAY 4.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN SINCE 1 AM.  



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

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

AREAS. 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

SALINE...ELLSWORTH AND BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



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/NOONAN



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