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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
135 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

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WILSON KS-
135 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
WILSON COUNTY...

AT 126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL
RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES CONTINUE IN PRIMARILY WESTERN WILSON COUNTY
WHERE STORM TOTALS HAVE REACHED 6 TO 8 INCHES

AT 125 AM CDT...THE WILSON COUNTY SHERIFF STAFF REPORTED EVACUATIONS
CONTINUING IN AND AROUND FREDONIA WHERE MOST ROADS ARE CLOSED.

THIS CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION

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.

NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD
OR HIGHWAY...AND NEVER DRIVE AROUND A BARRICADE...ESPECIALLY AT
NIGHT THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3738 9552 3757 9552 3773 9551 3773 9596
      3738 9596

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