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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

636 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



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NEOSHO KS-

636 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN NEOSHO COUNTY...



AT 629 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

FLOODING ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF THAYER. WATER CONTINUED TO

FLOW ACROSS K-47...ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 169. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA

OVERNIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS

NEAR ELK CREEK AND BIG CREEK.



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 3742 9535 3746 9550 3773 9543 3773 9523

      3772 9523



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