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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

540 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WOODSON COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE...



RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND

THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...

BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD

WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



AT 520 PM CST, WOODSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MOST COUNTY RAODS WERE

FLOODED, WITH BARRICADES BEING POSITIONED ACROSS THE MORE PRIMARY 

ROUTES. DOPPLER INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL BE EXITING 

WOODSON COUNTY BY 6 PM. THEREFORE, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED 

FOR WOODSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE, WITH A COUNTY WIDE 

FLOOD WARNING REMAINING IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL 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 TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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



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