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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1228 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



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NEOSHO KS-LABETTE KS-

1228 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN LABETTE AND NEOSHO COUNTIES...



AT 1226 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

AROUND 3 INCHES OR MORE HAVE OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

NEOSHO COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LABETTE COUNTY SINCE EARLY 

THIS MORNING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS THE LAST BULK OF THE RAIN 

EXITS TO THE EAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.



OFFICIAL REPORTS INDICATE MAINLY COUNTY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER WITH 

DITCHES RUNNING FULL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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.



LAT...LON 3722 9552 3769 9553 3773 9551 3773 9527

      3772 9519 3773 9517 3773 9508 3721 9507

TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 180DEG 0KT 3731 9533



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