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KSZ091-092-090400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

658 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SUMNER AND HARPER COUNTIES

UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR OXFORD TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST 

THROUGH WELLINGTON THEN SOUTH OF ANTHONY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 

HEAVY RAIN OVER AN AREA THAT EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY.



AT 653 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE FLOODED 

ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ANTHONY. THIS FLOODING HAS SINCE 

RECEDED...BUT WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL THIS EVENING 

...FLOODING CONDITIONS SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD.



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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