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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1115 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KINGMAN COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING NORTHEAST KINGMAN COUNTY ARE CAPABLE OF 2 TO 

3 INCH HOURLY RAINFALL.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CLEVELAND...KINGMAN...RAGO...SPIVEY 

AND ZENDA.



AT 1110 PM CDT TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN MT VERNON.



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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