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WGUS73 KICT 290926

FFSICT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

425 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



KSC001-133-205-291615-

ALLEN KS-WILSON KS-NEOSHO KS-

425 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR

NEOSHO...WILSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES...



BETWEEN 355 AND 408 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE MOST SERIOUS 

FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN WILSON AND NEOSHO COUNTIES. IF YOU 

ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THESE TWO COUNTIES BE VERY CAREFUL. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS OR AROUND BARRICADES... 

ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



AT 355 AM CDT...NEOSHO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MANY ROADS WERE 

BARRICADED ACROSS THE COUNTY...INCLUDING IN AND AROUND CHANUTE.



AT 405 AM CDT...WILSON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A LOT OF WATER 

COUNTYWIDE. THE DISPATCHER WAS VERY BUSY WITH CALLS AND WAS THEREFORE

UNABLE TO PROVIDE DETAILS. DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED THROUGHOUT WILSON COUNTY...WITH THREE QUARTERS 

TO ONE INCH ESTIMATED IN 1 HOUR THEREFORE...ONE SHOULD CONSIDER THE 

FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IN WILSON COUNTY TO BE SERIOUS



AT 408 AM CDT...ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS

LIMITED TO SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL COUNTRY ROADS 

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3739 9596 3738 9508 3804 9508 3803 9551

      3773 9551 3773 9596



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000 

WGUS73 KICT 290926

FFSICT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

425 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



KSC001-133-205-291615-

ALLEN KS-WILSON KS-NEOSHO KS-

425 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR

NEOSHO...WILSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES...



BETWEEN 355 AND 408 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE MOST SERIOUS 

FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN WILSON AND NEOSHO COUNTIES. IF YOU 

ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THESE TWO COUNTIES BE VERY CAREFUL. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS OR AROUND BARRICADES... 

ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



AT 355 AM CDT...NEOSHO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MANY ROADS WERE 

BARRICADED ACROSS THE COUNTY...INCLUDING IN AND AROUND CHANUTE.



AT 405 AM CDT...WILSON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A LOT OF WATER 

COUNTYWIDE. THE DISPATCHER WAS VERY BUSY WITH CALLS AND WAS THEREFORE

UNABLE TO PROVIDE DETAILS. DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED THROUGHOUT WILSON COUNTY...WITH THREE QUARTERS 

TO ONE INCH ESTIMATED IN 1 HOUR THEREFORE...ONE SHOULD CONSIDER THE 

FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IN WILSON COUNTY TO BE SERIOUS



AT 408 AM CDT...ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS

LIMITED TO SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL COUNTRY ROADS 

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3739 9596 3738 9508 3804 9508 3803 9551

      3773 9551 3773 9596



$$



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