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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1223 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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SEDGWICK KS-

1223 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR

SEDGWICK COUNTY...



AT 1212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN TRAINING ALONG A LINE FROM PARK CITY 

THROUGH WEST WICHITA THROUGH VIOLA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 

5 AND 8 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS CORRIDOR.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3752 9781 3757 9781 3758 9779 3771 9780

      3772 9770 3791 9769 3791 9715 3791 9714

      3747 9715 3746 9780



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