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KSC173-090700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1017 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL MOVE ACROSS ALREADY FLOODED AREAS OF WICHITA. ANOTHER INCH OF 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN. 



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...BEL

AIRE...BENTLEY...COLWICH...EAST WICHITA AND GODDARD.



AT 1017 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS LOCATIONS 

IN WEST WICHITA HAD UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROADS.  SOME 

LOCATIONS WITH REPORTS OF STALLED CARS WERE AT CENTRAL AND RIDGE 

ROADS AND 13TH AND TYLER ROADS.  AVOID DRIVING IN PORTIONS OF WEST 

WICHITA AS ROADS ARE 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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