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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

657 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008



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ELK KS-

657 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR ELK

COUNTY...



AT 647 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED AROUND 6 TO 8 INCHES OF 

WATER OVER HIGHWAY 160 NEAR MILE MARKER 384. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS PUSHED SOUTH...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF ELK COUNTY 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 3730 9652 3760 9651 3760 9596 3732 9596

      3730 9596



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