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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

550 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



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ALLEN KS-WILSON KS-NEOSHO KS-

550 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



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

NEOSHO...WILSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES...



AT 540 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THE MOST SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED TO OCCUR IN WILSON 

AND NEOSHO COUNTIES.



AT 530 AM CDT...WILSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING 

WAS WORSENING ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND THAT MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS 

HAVE BEEN BARRICADED.



AT 533 AM CDT...NEOSHO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT MANY ROADS AND 

HIGHWAYS IN AND AROUND CHANUTE HAVE BEEN BARRICADED. WITH STORM TOTAL

RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ESTIMATED ACROSS NEOSHO COUNTY...IT IS 

VERY LIKELY THAT MANY COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE

COUNTY.



AT 535 AM CDT...ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE NEOSHO RIVER 

WAS STARTING TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS 1 MILE SOUTH OF HUMBOLDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



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

      3773 9551 3773 9596



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