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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

155 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILSON COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL 

RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY. 

THIS WOULD BRING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS SURE TO CAUSE SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING... 

ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ALTOONA...BENEDICT...BUFFALO...

BUXTON...COYVILLE AND FREDONIA.



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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