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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

335 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES 

ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN 

HALF OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER HOURLY RAINFALL RATES AROUND 3/4 INCH 

ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. WITH GROUNDS 

SATURATED...FURTHER FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BOLTON...CANEY...CHERRYVALE...

COFFEYVILLE...COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT AND DEARING.



AT 330 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

INTERSECTION OF OAK AND 13TH STREET IN INDEPENDENCE WAS FLOODED.



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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