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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

646 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



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SALINE KS-

646 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



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

SALINE COUNTY...



AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS NORTHEAST SALINE

COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND 

INTENSITY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS SALINE COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING.



THE EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO RUN-OFF AND COULD RESULT IN

ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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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