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KSZ100-130400-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

619 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005



...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM

CST THIS EVENING...



AT 6 PM CST...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS

IN THE TOWN OF PARSONS.



AT 525 PM CST...THE LABETTE COUNTY EOC REPORTED MINOR FLOODING

MAINLY ON DIRT AND GRAVEL ROADS.



AS OF 615 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN LABETTE

COUNTY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO

AFFECT LABETTE COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 9 PM, WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN

AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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JMC

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