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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1246 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS ALL OF GREENWOOD COUNTY. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FALLING ACROSS SOUTHWEST GREENWOOD COUNTY, 

SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL 

OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR.



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.



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



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