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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

340 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM

CDT...



BETWEEN 3 PM CDT AND 330 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL 

ROADS COVERED WITH WATER ACROSS SOUTHEAST SUMNER COUNTY.



SOME ROADS THAT WERE COVERED WITH WATER INCLUDED HIGHWAY 60...10 

MILES WEST OF WELLINGTON...AND HIGHWAY 81...JUST NORTH OF SOUTH 

HAVEN.



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR

DRAINAGE AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. 



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



/FINCH



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