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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

654 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008



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MONTGOMERY KS-

654 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR

MONTGOMERY COUNTY...



AT 647 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS WATER COVERED 

COUNTY ROADS SOUTH OF ELK CITY. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL HAS PUSHED SOUTH...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.



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

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

SAFELY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WICHITA.



LAT...LON 3700 9596 3710 9595 3711 9596 3738 9596

      3724 9552 3713 9551 3712 9552 3700 9553



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