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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

555 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



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

LABETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CST...



AT 550 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS ALL 3 COUNTIES. THE HEAVIER

RAINS WERE OCURRING ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES, WHERE 

HOURLY RATES OF 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH WERE PREVALENT.



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

BOLTON...CHERRYVALE AND CHETOPA.



AT 525 PM CST, TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED MINOR FLOODING IN PARSONS.



AT 530 PM CST, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN 

SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ON HIGHWAY 166 1 MILE EAST OF 

COFFEYVILLE.



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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