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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

305 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELK COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CST...



AT 300 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN, ON THE ORDER OF ONE TENTH TO ONE 

QUARTER INCH PER HOUR, CONTINUING ACROSS ELK COUNTY, WITH MOST OF 

THE COUNTY RECEIVING THE LIGHTER RAINFALL. HOWEVER, WITH FLASH 

FLOODING IN PROGRESS, ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE

FLASH FLOODING SITUATION.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ELK FALLS...GRENOLA...HOWARD...

LONGTON AND MOLINE.



AT 245 PM CST WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS 1 

MILE WEST OF NEW ALBANY IN EXTREME NORTHEAST ELK COUNTY. THE SOURCE 

OF THE FLASH FLOODING WAS PRIMARILY INDIAN CREEK, WHICH HAD RISEN 

JUST OVER 1 FOOT BETWEEN 145 AND 245 PM. SOME OF THE ROADS IN THE 

IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF INDIAN CREEK ARE ALREADY IMPASSABLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

DRAINAGE. AVOID ALL 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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