Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
115 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELK COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CST...

AT 110 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
WIDESPREAD RAINS, UP TO BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 INCH PER HOUR, CONTINUING
ACROSS ELK COUNTY. THE GREATER AMOUNTS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTH AND 
NORTHEAST ELK COUNTY.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ELK FALLS...GRENOLA...HOWARD...
LONGTON AND MOLINE.

AT 113 PM CST ELK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED ONLY MINOR FLOODING IN 
PROGRESS, PRIMARILY IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. HOWEVER, 
WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON, 
FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS 
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER 
ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
220 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELK COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CST...

AT 215 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
RAINFALL RATES DECREASING ACROSS ELK COUNTY.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ELK FALLS...GRENOLA...HOWARD...
LONGTON AND MOLINE.

AT 210 PM CST ELK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS IN 
TWO LOCATIONS: ALONG HIGHWAY 99 JUST OF SOUTH OF THE GREENWOOD 
COUNTY LINE, AND 1 MILE WEST OF MOLINE.

IN ADDITION, A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE OUT 
OF BANKS IN AND AROUND ELK FALLS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
305 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELK COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CST...

AT 300 PM CST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN, ON THE ORDER OF ONE TENTH TO ONE 
QUARTER INCH PER HOUR, CONTINUING ACROSS ELK COUNTY, WITH MOST OF 
THE COUNTY RECEIVING THE LIGHTER RAINFALL. HOWEVER, WITH FLASH 
FLOODING IN PROGRESS, ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE
FLASH FLOODING SITUATION.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ELK FALLS...GRENOLA...HOWARD...
LONGTON AND MOLINE.

AT 245 PM CST WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS 1 
MILE WEST OF NEW ALBANY IN EXTREME NORTHEAST ELK COUNTY. THE SOURCE 
OF THE FLASH FLOODING WAS PRIMARILY INDIAN CREEK, WHICH HAD RISEN 
JUST OVER 1 FOOT BETWEEN 145 AND 245 PM. SOME OF THE ROADS IN THE 
IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF INDIAN CREEK ARE ALREADY IMPASSABLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR 
DRAINAGE. AVOID ALL WATER COVERED ROADS

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ELK COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 
...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY 
CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

AT 545 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OF 
SOME OF RURAL ROADS, HOWEVER MAJOR ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE NORMAL.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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