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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

105 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



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

CST...



AT 100 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

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

WEST AND NORTHWEST WOODSON COUNTY. AT SUCH RATES, RAINFALL TOTALS 

ACROSS WOODSON COUNTY WOULD REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES BY 5 PM, WITH THE 

GREATER AMOUNTS FOUND ACROSS WEST AND NORTHWEST WOODSON COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BATESVILLE...NEOSHO FALLS...ROSE AND

YATES CENTER.



AT 100 PM CST WOODSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN

PROGRESS ON HIGHWAY 54 3-4 MILES WEST OF BATESVILLE. THIS WOULD BE 

JUST EAST OF THE GREENWOOD COUNTY LINE.



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

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS OR HIGHWAYS 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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