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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

220 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



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ELK KS-

220 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR ELK

COUNTY...



AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. 

LOCATIONS THAT EXPERIENCE ONE OF THESE SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD PICK 

UP A QUICK INCH TO INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF 

TIME. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ACT TO AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT 

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 3730 9651 3729 9596 3760 9595 3760 9652



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