FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
636 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

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NEOSHO KS-
636 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

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

AT 629 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF THAYER. WATER CONTINUED TO FLOW ACROSS K-47...ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 169. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVERNIGHT.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ELK CREEK AND BIG CREEK.

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.