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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

903 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAUTAUQUA AND ELK COUNTIES

UNTIL 1245 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS 

PUSHING THROUGH CHAUTAUQUA AND ELK COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 

TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF ELK COUNTY WHERE ELK 

FALLS HAD SOME FIELD FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 160 WITH THE WATER 

BECOMING FAIRLY DEEP IN PLACES. 



CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WAS ALSO GETTING REPORTS OF WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 

99. RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS TAKING PLACE IN AREAS 

ALONG AND NORTH OF A SEDAN TO CEDAR VALE LINE. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES 

DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.   



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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