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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1117 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



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LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-

1117 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR

RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...



AT 1115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP 

AND MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES 

OF NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE INDICATED BY RADAR.  



AT 11 PM CDT...LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS NUMEROUS ROADS NEAR WESTFALL. 



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.



LAT...LON 3869 9904 3868 9848 3886 9848 3886 9792

      3922 9792 3921 9849 3913 9849 3913 9904



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