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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

415 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAUTAUQUA...MONTGOMERY AND

LABETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CST...



AT 410 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT AND MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS ALL 3 COUNTIES. WITH 

HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1/4 INCH KIKELY THRU AT LEAST 7 PM, FLASH

FLOODING IS LIKELY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ALTAMONT...ANGOLA...BARTLETT...

BOLTON...CHERRYVALE AND CHETOPA.



AT 400 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING CONFINED TO

LOW WATER CROSSINGS, NONE OF WHICH WAS SERIOUS. HOWEVER, WITH RAIN 

CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.



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, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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