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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

635 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004



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

LABETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CST...



AT 635 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS ALL 3 COUNTIES, 

ESPECIALLY CHAUTAUQUA AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.



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

BOLTON...CHERRYVALE AND CHETOPA.



AT 625 PM CST A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED DRUM CREEK OVERFLOWING ITS 

BANKS AND FLOWING INTO ADJACENT FIELDS IN NORTHEAST MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY, 2 MILES WEST OF CHERRYVALE. THE SAME SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED 

THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD BEEN RECEIVED SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT.



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.



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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