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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

405 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



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

CST...



AT 400 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES INCREASING ACROSS GREENWOOD COUNTY, GENERALLY INTO 

THE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH RANGE. WITH FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE COUNTY, ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT, WILL 

ONLY AGGREVATE THE FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



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

PIEDMONT...SEVERY AND THRALL.



AT 358 PM CST GREENWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROADS 

CLOSED:



FALL RIVER LAKE ROAD AT FALL RIVER STATE PARK.



STATE STREET BRIDGE JUST SOUTH OF EUREKA.



COUNTY ROAD 80 EAST OF CLIMAX. NO EXACT DISTANCE WAS AVAILABLE AT 

THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.



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. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



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



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