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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1038 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



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BARTON KS-

1038 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

BARTON COUNTY...



AT 1035 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF BARTON 

COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE INDICATED BY 

RADAR. 



AT 1042 PM CDT...BARTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED STREET 

FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF GREAT BEND...WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS 

OF STALLED VEHICLES. 



AT 1035 PM CDT...AN OBSERVER IN HOISINGTON REPORTED 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3825 9903 3825 9848 3869 9847 3869 9903



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