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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1225 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



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MARION KS-CHASE KS-

1225 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHASE AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL

330 PM CDT...



AT 1212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS 

CHASE COUNTY. ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 

HOUR OR SO BEFORE ENDING. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT THE RAINFALL HAD 

ENDED ACROSS MARION COUNTY. 



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...COTTONWOOD FALLS...MARION...CEDAR POINT...DURHAM...

ELMDALE...FLORENCE...GOESSEL...HILLSBORO...LEHIGH...LINCOLNVILLE...

MATFIELD GREEN AND PEABODY.



CHASE COUNTY WATER AND ROAD DEPARTMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

OF COUNTY ROADS. MARION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTED THAT 

THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY ROADS HAVE REOPENED. HOWEVER, THERE IS 

STILL POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOW WATER CROSSING ROADS TO BE FLOODED. 



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3861 9738 3819 9736 3818 9716 3810 9713

      3809 9636 3851 9635 3852 9694 3860 9694



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