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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

729 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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SUMNER KS-

729 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR

SUMNER COUNTY...



AT 725 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL REPORTED WATER OVER 

NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS SUMNER COUNTY.



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 3701 9780 3746 9780 3747 9714 3713 9713

      3700 9715



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