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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

835 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HOURLY RAINFALL 

RATES AS HIGH 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHEAST BUTLER 

COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGREVATE THE FLASH FLOOD 

POTENTIAL ACROSS SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY, WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE 

BEEN OCCURRING THIS MORNING.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE AUGUSTA...DOUGLASS...EL DORADO...

LATHAM...LEON AND POTWIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

DRAINAGE.



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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