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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1012 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



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SALINE KS-ELLSWORTH KS-MCPHERSON KS-

1012 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR

MCPHERSON...ELLSWORTH AND SALINE COUNTIES...



AT 953 AM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER THAT THE SPRING CREEK WAS 

WAY OUT OF ITS BANKS...APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES EAST OF BROOKVILLE IN 

SALINE COUNTY. THESE FLOOD WATERS WILL LIKELY IMPACT AREAS 

DOWNSTREAM AS IT FLOWS INTO THE MULBERRY CREEK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS STILL OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA FROM HEAVY 

RAINS LAST NIGHT. 



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 3896 9736 3895 9792 3886 9791 3885 9848

      3852 9847 3852 9792 3818 9791 3817 9771

      3816 9736 3860 9736



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