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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

945 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004



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

CDT...



AT 945 AM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAINS HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER SCATTERED AREAS

OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY. ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHTER, AVERAGING AROUND ONE-QUARTER OF INCH.



AT 941 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER LEVELS WERE

BEGINNING TO RECEDE ACROSS THE PEABODY AREA. HOWEVER, MOST RURAL

ROADS REMAIN COVERED WITH HIGH WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLY MORNING STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...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.



LAT...LON 3849 9687 3811 9692 3812 9713 3818 9715

      3819 9735 3850 9735



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