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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1140 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS, 

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL RATES AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE 

INCHES, MOVING NORTHEAST INTO LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL 



IF YOU LIVE IN LINCOLN COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN SYLVAN GROVE, ASH 

GROVE, VESPER OR ALONG SPILLMAN CREEK, BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND AT ONCE



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ASH GROVE...BARNARD...LINCOLN SYLVAN 

GROVE, AND VESPER.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED, 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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