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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

755 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



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NEOSHO KS-LABETTE KS-

755 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR

LABETTE AND NEOSHO COUNTIES...



AT 745 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER BOTH LABETTE AND NEOSHO COUNTIES.



IN LABETTE COUNTY...LABETTE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGHWAY 101 

FLOODED AND BARRICADED IN SOUTHWEST LABETTE COUNTY...AND THAT 

HIGHWAY 400 WAS FLOODED AT MILE POSTS 404...405...AND 409 FROM ONE 

TO FOUR MILES EAST OF PARSONS. HOWEVER HIGHWAY 400 HAD NOT BEEN 

BARRICADED YET.



IN NEOSHO COUNTY...NEOSHO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MAJOR FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH NUMEROUS ROADS BARRICADED. THE MOST 

SERIOUS FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN AND AROUND ERIE...WHERE WATER HAD 

BEGUN TO OVERFLOW THE LEVY IN A COUPLE LOCATIONS.



IMPORTANT NOTE THE LEVY AT ERIE HAS NOT BROKEN REPEAT THE LEVY AT 

ERIE HAS NOT BROKEN



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTIMUE 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 ROAD 

OR HIGHWAY...AND NEVER DRIVE AROUND A BARRICADE THE WATER DEPTH MAY 

BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3699 9552 3699 9507 3773 9508 3773 9553



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