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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

543 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



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SALINE KS-

543 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR

SALINE COUNTY...



AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



AT 537 PM CDT...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED 4.2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS

AFTERNOON ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW CAMBRIA. WATER WAS

REPORTED FLOWING OVER THE ROADS IN THIS AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SLOWLY NORTH

AND NORTHEAST ACROSS SALINE COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS SALINE COUNTY



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 9793 3860 9792 3860 9736 3896 9736



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