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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

856 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL 1115

PM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE HALE...NIOTAZE...PERU AND SEDAN.



AT 847 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN CEDAR VALE 

WHERE MOST ROADS ARE FLOODED.



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

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS

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

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



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



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