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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

529 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007



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RENO KS-

529 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR RENO

COUNTY...



AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE BEING DETECTED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVED AT THE HUTCHINSON AIRPORT. 



AT 529 PM CDT...VEHICLE RESCUES WERE BEING CONDUCTED IN HUTCHINSON 

AT 4TH AND HALSTEAD. IN ADDITION...THE COW CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF 

ITS BANKS. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS...LIFE THREATENING SITUATION 

DEVELOPING IN RENO COUNTY



AS OF 527 PM CDT...THE HUTCHINSON AIRPORT MEASURED 3.92 INCHES OF 

RAIN SINCE 3 PM.  



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 3772 9846 3773 9770 3817 9770 3817 9847



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