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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

704 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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MARION KS-CHASE KS-

704 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR 

WESTERN CHASE AND EAST MARION COUNTIES...



AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE

WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 4 INCHES JUST 

EAST OF CEDAR POINT...WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MANY 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. AREAS NEAR CEDAR POINT IN WEST CENTRAL

CHASE COUNTY AND EAST CENTRAL MARION COUNTY WILL BE PARTICULARLY

PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING 



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 3841 9692 3840 9653 3816 9653 3816 9691

TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 180DEG 0KT 3826 9678



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