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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

120 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED...MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE NORTHEAST WICHITA AND JABARA 

AIRPORT...SOUTHEAST WICHITA, MCCONNELL AIRFORCE BASE...WEST WICHITA 

AND MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...ANDALE...BEL AIRE AND COLWICH.



AT 115 AM CDT SEDGWICK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING 

ON THE SOUTH END OF CHENEY. IN ADDITION...STREET FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED ACROSS VARIOUS PARTS OF SEDGWICK COUNTY.



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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