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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

934 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



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

RUSSELL...ELLSWORTH AND RICE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



AT 926 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE DETECTED BY THE RADAR ACROSS ESPECIALLY

SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH AND NORTHERN RICE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...PORTIONS 

OF THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE 

PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.  



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

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR

DRAINAGE AREAS.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.



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

RUSSELL...ELLSWORTH AND RICE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.



/CARUSO



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