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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

727 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS-

727 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN COWLEY AND BUTLER COUNTIES...



AT 719 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED WATER 

OVER NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS BUTLER AND NORTHWEST COWLEY COUNTIES. 



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.



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 3700 9714 3807 9714 3808 9652 3802 9652

      3720 9679



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