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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

335 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



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

CST...



AT 330 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT

TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF COWLEY COUNTY. THE SLIGHTLY

GREATER RAINFALL RATES, AROUND 1/4 INCH PER HOUR, WERE OVERSPREADING 

EXTREME SOUTHEAST COWLEY COUNTY. WITH FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS 

ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF THE COUNTY, THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, REGARDLESS 

OF AMOUNT, WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE FLASH FLOODING SITUATION.



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

CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY.



AT 320 PM CST WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED COWLEY COUNTY ROAD 19 WAS NOW 

FLOODED 16 MILES EAST OF WINFIELD. THE FLASH FLOODING IS INCREASING 

AT THIS LOCATION WITH THE ROAD SOON TO BE BARRICADED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

DRAINAGE.



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

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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