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KSZ069-090500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

610 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT 

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CASSODAY SOUTHWEST THROUGH AUGUSTA TO 

THE DOUGLASS AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 

ABOUT 25 MPH...WHILE THE LINE WAS DRIFTING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 

MPH. HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS



AT 606 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED ABOUT 4 INCHES OF WATER OVER 

THE ROAD 4 MILES NORTH OF ANDOVER. AS THE RAIN CONTINUES INTO THE 

EVENING THE EXTENT OF FLOODING WILL ONLY INCREASE. 



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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