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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

218 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



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WILSON KS-

218 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR

WILSON COUNTY...



AT 218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

KANSAS. LOCATIONS UNDER ONE OF THESE SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD PICK UP 

A QUICK INCH OF RAINFALL WHICH WOULD FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING 

SITUATION.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WICHITA.



LAT...LON 3739 9554 3759 9553 3771 9552 3773 9595

      3739 9594



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