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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

605 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



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CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-COWLEY KS-MONTGOMERY KS-LABETTE KS-

605 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



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

LABETTE...MONTGOMERY...COWLEY...ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...



AT 549 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREAS.



FROM 512 AM CDT TO 530 AM CDT...SEVERAL HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED. AMONG 

THE MORE PROMINENT HIGHWAYS BARRICADED WERE...



HIGHWAY 160 FROM THE JUNCTION WITH HIGHWAY 99 EAST TO THE MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY LINE.



HIGHWAY 160 THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY COUNTY.



HIGHWAY 166 JUST EAST OF NIOTAZE AND FROM COFFEYVILLE EAST TO THE 

LABETTE COUNTY LINE.



HIGHWAY 169 FROM COFFEYVILLE NORTH TO CHERRYVALE.



HIGHWAY 75 FROM INDEPENDENCE NORTH TO WILSON COUNTY LINE.



HIGHWAY 77 FOR 1 MILE STARTING ONE QUARTER MILE NORTH OF WINFIELD.



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.



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 9714 3747 9715 3746 9652 3761 9651

      3760 9596 3738 9597 3738 9507 3699 9507



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