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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

308 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



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CHAUTAUQUA KS-MONTGOMERY KS-

308 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

MONTGOMERY AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...



AT 251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER MONTGOMERY COUNTY...WHERE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALLS AROUND 1 INCH ARE LIKELY BETWEEN 3 AND 7 AM CDT.



AT 240 AM CDT...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS 

DIMINISHING IN THEIR COUNTY.



AT 245 AM CDT...MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUING ON COUNTY AND SECONDARY ROADS. HOWEVER HIGHWAYS 

160...166...169...AND 75 WERE OPEN



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 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 3699 9652 3699 9551 3739 9552 3739 9596

      3730 9596 3730 9651



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