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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

751 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



COC095-115-130415-

SEDGWICK CO-PHILLIPS CO-

751 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR

EASTERN PHILLIPS AND SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES...



THE PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF AND ROAD CREWS INDICATED CONSIDERABLE 

FLOODING AND MANY ROAD CLOSURES IN THE EASTERN HALF OF PHILLIPS 

COUNTY.  WATER WAS STILL COMING UP IN MANY AREAS...AND HIGHWAY 23 

EAST OF AMHERST REMAINED CLOSED.  WATER WAS NOW BEGINNING TO OVERTOP 

THE RAILROAD TRACKS...HOWEVER...NO HOMES WERE BEING THREATENED AT 

THIS TIME.  



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER...PLEASANT VALLEY AND AMHERST.



A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT A TOTAL OF 8.20 INCHES OF 

RAIN OCCURRED 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF VENANGO NEBRASKA JUST INSIDE THE 

PHILLIPS COUNTY LINE.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF 4 TO 8 INCH RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEASTERN 

SEDGWICK AND EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES LAST NIGHT AND TODAY.  



THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO BEGINNING TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA 

THIS EVENING BRINGING THE THREAT OF MORE FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO 

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO THE HIGH WATER.  

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  



LAT...LON 4045 10229 4044 10206 4093 10206 4092 10231

      4058 10230



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