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WGUS73 KICT 090234

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KSC079-090330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

931 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARVEY COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PORTIONS OF NEWTON 

COUNTY HAD RECEIVED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. 



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE HALSTEAD...HESSTON...NEWTON...NORTH

NEWTON AND WALTON.



AT 931 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DITCHES WERE FULL ACROSS THE 

COUNTY WITH SMALL STREAMS RUNNING BANKFULL.  NO ROADS WERE CLOSED AT 

THIS TIME BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR COUNTY ROADS TO BECOME 

IMPASSIBLE. 



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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/KETCHAM



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