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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

956 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



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RUSSELL KS-

956 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

RUSSELL COUNTY...



AT 947 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 

PROGRESS IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY FROM AROUND 

PARADISE TO WALDO...WHERE SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS HAD OVERFLOWED 

AND WHERE 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT 

QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY 

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD 

OR HIGHWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT 

TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3913 9849 3869 9849 3870 9903 3913 9904



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