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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

305 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL 

RATES GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH ACROSS SOUTHERN 

WILSON COUNTY.



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

BUXTON...COYVILLE AND FREDONIA.



AT 255 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONLY MINOR STREET 

FLOODING IN BOTH FREDONIA AND NEODESHA. HOWEVER ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 

CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH ALONG THE 

GREENWOOD ELK COUNTY LINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING TOWARD WILSON

COUNTY AND WILL LIKELY AGGREVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION...ESPECIALLY 

IN FREDONIA AND NEODESHA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE 

BETWEEN 400 AND 415 AM CDT. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 

WILSON COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR

DRAINAGE. 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.



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



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