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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

230 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SALINE COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM

CDT...



AT 215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENDING ACROSS SALINE COUNTY. HOWEVER 

RUNOFF IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS. 



SALINA LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT K-140, 2 MILES EAST OF 

BROOKVILLE, BETWEEN WYMAN AND REESE ROADS HAD BEEN CLOSED AROUND 

100 AM CDT DUE TO FLOODING OVER THE ROAD.  AS OF 215 AM...THE WATER 

HAD RECEDED AND K-140 HAS BEEN RE-OPENED.  



RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS WESTERN SALINE 

COUNTY BETWEEN I-70 AND K-140...OR JUST NORTH OF A LINE FROM 

BROOKVILLE TO SALINA. 



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. 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.





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



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