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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1250 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM

CST...



AT 1245 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD RAINS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH ACROSS 

COWLEY COUNTY. DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 

1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. AT SUCH RATES, EVENT 

TOTALS ACROSS COWLEY COUNTY WOULD REACH 4 TO 5 INCHES.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN... 

CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY.



AT 1245 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS AND 

HIGHWAYS FLOODED THROUGHOUT COWLEY COUNTY. IN A FEW INSTANCES, MOST 

NOTEABLY 2-3 MILES EAST OF ATLANTA, ROADS WERE FLOODED TO 3 FOOT 

DEPTHS.



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

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES, SO NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS



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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