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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1035 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM

CDT...



AT 1027 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN MOUND 

RIDGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE BLACK KETTLE CREEK WAS RUNNING OVER VARIOUS 

BRIDGES. AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF MCPHERSON COUNTY. RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO EXIT 

THE COUNTY, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY, BUT 

CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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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/KLEINSASSER



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