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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

320 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS 

WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTIUING ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY. HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES WERE STARTING TO INCREASE AGAIN, INTO THE 1/2 TO 3/4 

INCH RANGE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGREVATE THE FLASH FLOODING

SITUATION, ESPECIALLY ALONG BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF THE 

SPILLMAN CREEK.



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

LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE AND WESTFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS, AS WELL AS THEIR 

PREDECESSORS, 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 AT ONCE



IF YOU LIVE IN LINCOLN COUNTY, REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING AND 

BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY FURTHER WARNINGS.



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