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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

123 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



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ELLSWORTH KS-

123 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR

ELLSWORTH COUNTY...



AT 122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



AT 122 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER ACROSS NUMEROUS 

RURAL ROADS ACROSS ELLSWORTH COUNTY. 



AN ESTIMATED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED 

THIS EVENING ACROSS MAINLY WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ELLSWORTH 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED ONE TO THREE INCHES 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3851 9849 3852 9813 3869 9805 3885 9797

      3886 9848



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