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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

130 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



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

CST...



AT 130 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING ACROSS COWLEY COUNTY. HOWEVER FLASH 

FLOODING REMAINS IN PROGRESS ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF COWLEY COUNTY, WITH

A FEW ROADS NOW BEING BARRICADED.



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

CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY.



AT 125 PM CST THE COWLEY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED COUNTY 

ROAD 520 HAD BEEN BARRICADED FROM ATLANTA NORTH TO BURDEN.



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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