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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

700 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



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MONTGOMERY KS-LABETTE KS-

700 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR

LABETTE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...



AT 657 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



AS OF 645 AM CDT...A VEHICLE WATER RESCUE WAS COMPLETED ABOUT 5 

MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 

NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE 

COUNTY. 



AS OF 655 AM CDT...LABETTE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED SEVERAL 

SECONDARY ROADS IN THE COUNTY HAD FLOOD WATERS ACROSS THEM. AS MUCH 

AS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER WAS FLOWING ACROSS SOME ROADS. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3699 9596 3699 9507 3739 9507 3739 9596



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