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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1253 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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SUMNER KS-HARPER KS-

1253 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR

HARPER AND SUMNER COUNTIES...



AT 1241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTH INTO THE 

WARNED AREA FROM OKLAHOMA. RAINFALL RATES WITH THIS AREA WILL BE ONE 

HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE AS THIS AREA MOVES INTO THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALREADY 

ESTIMATED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 9834 3737 9836 3738 9779 3746 9779

      3747 9714 3713 9713 3700 9715



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