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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

708 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



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ALLEN KS-WILSON KS-NEOSHO KS-MONTGOMERY KS-LABETTE KS-

708 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



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

LABETTE...MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO...WILSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS STILL REPORTING NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WHICH INCLUDES MAIN AND SECONDARY ROADS. 



NEOSHO COUNTY DISPATCH DID STATE THAT THINGS WERE NOT AS BAD AND 

WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE. WEST SIDE OF ERIE WAS STILL CLOSED 

AND HIGHWAY 59 STILL CLOSED. 



LABETTE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HIGHWAY 400 WAS STILL CLOSED EAST 

OF PARSONS. HIGHWAY 160 WAS ALSO CLOSED EAST OF OSWEGO AND HIGHWAY 

166 NEAR CHETOPA WAS CLOSED. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 160 WAS STILL 

CLOSED EAST AND WEST OF INDEPENDENCE. HIGHWAY 169 WAS CLOSED FROM 

COFFEYVILLE TO CHERRYVALE. 



WILSON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HIGHWAY 400 WAS STILL CLOSED FROM 

FREDONIA TO NEODESHA...BUT HIGHWAY 400 WAS OPEN FROM WICHITA TO 

FREDONIA. THEY ALSO REPORTED STILL LOTS OF ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED 

ACROSS THE COUNTY. 



ALLEN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HIGHWAY 169 WAS STILL CLOSED FROM 

TANK FARM ROAD TO PLUMMER ROAD. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A BUNCH OF 

SECONDARY ROADS THAT ARE CLOSED. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



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.



LAT...LON 3700 9594 3773 9594 3772 9552 3803 9550

      3802 9508 3699 9507



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