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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1048 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005



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HARVEY KS-

1048 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARVEY COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM

CDT...



AT 1043 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 

OCCURRING THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 5 AND 6 

INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THESE STORMS ARE 

SHOWING VERY LITTLE IF ANY MOVEMENT AND WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE 

ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. 



HARVEY COUNTY HAS ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...NEWTON...BURRTON...HALSTEAD...HESSTON...WALTON...WHITEWATER

AND NORTH NEWTON.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3792 9768 3792 9715 3816 9716 3816 9769



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