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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

515 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



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

CST...



AT 510 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

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

GREATER RAINFALL RATES, AROUND 1/4 INCH, WERE OCCURRING ACROSS 

EXTREME SOUTHEAST COWLEY COUNTY.



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

CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY.



AT 500 PM CST, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROADS

WERE CLOSED:



HALES ROAD BETWEEN VIKING BOULEVARD AND 152ND, FLOODED TO 3.5 FOOT 

DEPTH.



WINFIELD, AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE 5TH AND MAIN STREETS.



EAST SIDE OF WINFIELD NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL.



COUNTY ROAD 7, 3 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE, COUNTY ROADS 19, AND 28.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

DRAINAGE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING 

IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE



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



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