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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1030 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL 

1115 PM CDT...



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE WELLINGTON...SOUTH HAVEN...ASHTON 

AND GEUDA SPRINGS.



AT 1020 PM CDT SUMNER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MINOR 

FLOODING IN ISOLATED AREAS OF THE SOUTHEAST FOURTH OF SUMNER COUNTY. 

THE ONLY AREA CLOSED WAS THE INTERSECTION OF MAIZE ROAD AND 80TH 

STREET SOUTH. MOST OF THE FLOODED AREAS INVOLVED LOW BRIDGE 

CROSSINGS.



AT 1017 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED MINOR FLOODING IN 

WELLINGTON.



AT 1025 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED MINOR FLOODING 2 MILES 

EAST OF CORBIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



IF YOU LIVE IN SUMNER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST PART OF 

SUMNER COUNTY...BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE.



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