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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1156 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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MARION KS-CHASE KS-HARVEY KS-

1156 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR

HARVEY...CHASE AND MARION COUNTIES...



AT 1144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. HARVEY COUNTY LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE 

FLOODED. MARION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER SEVERAL 

ROADS INCLUDING 30TH AND MUSTANG 4 MILES SOUTH OF PEABODY... 190TH 

AND MUSTANG BETWEEN HILLSBORO AND MARION AND 40TH STREET BETWEEN 

TIMBER AND UPLAND ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF PEABODY.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3791 9770 3817 9770 3817 9736 3860 9736

      3859 9693 3852 9691 3852 9634 3809 9635

      3808 9714 3791 9715



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