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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

220 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES 

WERE DECREASING ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY. HOWEVER, WITH WIDESPREADE 

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO CROSS LINCOLN 

COUNTY, ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, EVEN AROUND ONE HALF INCH, MAY BE 

SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. KEEP IN MIND THAT RUNOFF CAN 

CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE OCCURRED, 

SO REMAIN ALERT FOR CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ASH GROVE...BARNARD...BEVERLY...

LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE AND WESTFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS AND EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND 

AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. 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 TO ESCAPE FLOOD 

WATERS.



IF YOU LIVE LINCOLN COUNTY, BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND 

POSSIBLY FURTHER WARNINGS.



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