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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

115 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 315 

AM CDT...



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE WESTFALL...SYLVAN GROVE...LINCOLN

CENTER...LINCOLN...BEVERLY AND BARNARD.



AT 110 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINS 

ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR 

THE HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST AROUND 10 MPH. THOUGH 

NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...THE TRAIN EFFECT OF THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MEAN THAT FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE... 

ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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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