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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

450 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



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ELK KS-

450 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR ELK

COUNTY...



AT 440 AM CDT...DOPPLER CONTINUED TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD RAIN MOVING 

NORTH ACROSS ELK COUNTY...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH

PER HOUR LIKELY IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ELK COUNTY.



AT 440 AM CDT...ELK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 160 WAS 

BARRICADED AT THE JUNCTION WITH HIGHWAY 99...WHERE FLOODING HAD 

REACHED A DEPTH OF TWO FEET.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD 

OR HIGHWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT 

TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3730 9651 3729 9596 3760 9595 3760 9652



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