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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

541 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001



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

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



AT 535 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL 

CONTINUED TO FALL ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 4...OR ACROSS 

PARTS OF NORTHERN BARTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH AND SOUTHERN 

SALINE COUNTIES.  THE PRECIPITATION WAS FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS BEGINNING TO 

DRIFT SOUTHEAST.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UPWARDS OF TWO 

INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE PAST THREE 

HOURS.  



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 REMAINS IN 

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



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