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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

851 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARVEY COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM 

CDT...



AT 845 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 4.6 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 

6 PM IN HESSTON.   ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED IN HARVEY 

COUNTY...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE COUNTY 

LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF

FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



/NOONAN



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