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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1139 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 

AN INCH TO AN INCH AND HALF WAS FALLING OVER BUTLER COUNTY WITHIN  

THE PAST HOUR.   



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE AUGUSTA...BENTON...EL DORADO...POTWIN

AND TOWANDA.



AT 1139 AM CDT BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

NUMBEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER BETWEEN EL DORADO AND 

AUGUSTA. 



SOME ROADS THAT WERE CLOSED INCLUDED, SOUTHWEST 50TH AT OHIO, 

SOUTHWEST 20TH AT HOPKINS SWITCH ROAD.  AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54 ON 

DIKE ROAD.  



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

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



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



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/KETCHAM



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