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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

230 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



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

CST...



AT 225 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES DECREASING ACROSS GREENWOOD COUNTY. THE GREATER 

RAINFALL RATES, ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR, WERE 

OCCURRING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF GREENWOOD COUNTY.



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

SEVERY...THRALL AND VIRGIL.



AT 225 PM CST, GREENWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MINOR FLOODING 

OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 54 2 MILES WEST OF THE WOODSON COUNTY LINE, WITH

THE FLOODING GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. HOWEVER, WITH MORE RAIN FORECAST 

FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR

DRAINAGE.



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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