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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

235 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



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CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS-

235 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN COWLEY AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...



AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



AT 230 PM CDT...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STREETS WERE 

BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN SEDAN...AND THAT WATER WAS BEGINNING TO 

OVERFLOW HIGHWAY 99...2 TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF SEDAN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3700 9714 3699 9594 3729 9596 3730 9714



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