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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

800 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005



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SEDGWICK KS-

805 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM

CDT...



AT 745 PM CDT...OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STAFF REPORTED 

FLOODING IN PROGRESS IN WEST WICHITA JUST NORTH OF THE MAIZE/MAPLE 

STREET INTERSECTION WHERE CALFSKIN CREEK HAD OVERFLOWED. WATER DEPTH 

IS AROUND 6 INCHES.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL RATES ARE DECREASING. HOWEVER, 

RUNOFF FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING 

WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



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.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY EARLIER THIS EVENING, ONE PERSON BECAME STRANDED IN WEST 

WICHITA WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THRU A FLOODED ROADWAY. THE WATER 

DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3748 9767 3750 9716 3791 9717 3789 9769



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