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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1234 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2005



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CHAUTAUQUA KS-

1234 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM

CDT...



AT 1230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL JUST SOUTHEAST OF SEDAN.



SCATTERED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CEDAR 

VALE...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...SEDAN...HALE AND NIOTAZE.



AT 1130 PM, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT PERU HAD A BRIDGE 

THAT WAS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. SEVERAL REPORTS OF STREET 

FLOODING WERE ALSO REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3700 9651 3700 9596 3730 9595 3729 9651



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