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WGUS73 KICT 090229

FFSICT

KSC113-090300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

925 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 

4 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF MCPHERSON 

COUNTY WITH RAINFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 

HOUR. 



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CANTON...GALVA...INMAN...MCPHERSON...

MOUNDRIDGE AND MC PHERSON.



AT 925 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED BLACK KETTLE CREEK WAS 

RUNNING BANKFULL. ALSO NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS WERE FLOODED WITH 

WATER OVER THE ROADS COUNTYWIDE. FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS 

REPORTED IN MCPHERSON SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. 



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.



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



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