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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

113 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



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BARTON KS-

113 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



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

BARTON COUNTY...



AT 108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF BARTON COUNTY.



AT 108 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER ACROSS NUMEROUS 

ROADS COUNTYWIDE...WITH SOME ROAD CLOSURES. 



WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED THIS 

EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WICHITA.



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



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