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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1235 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM

CST...



AT 1230 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER GREENWOOD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINS, ON THE ORDER OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR, OCCURRING ACROSS 

SOUTHEAST GREENWOOD, INCLUDING FALL RIVER LAKE. AT THIS RATE, 3 TO 4 

INCH RAINFALLS WOULD BE LIKELY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

GREENWOOD COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CLIMAX...EUREKA...HAMILTON...THRALL

AND VIRGIL.



AT 1225 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING 

AREAS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING:



STATE STREET BRIDGE JUST SOUTH OF EUREKA, AS WELL AS CASNER AND 

BADGER CREEK ROADS AT FALL RIVER LAKE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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



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