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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

312 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE 

MOVED OFF TO THE EAST...WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE 

OVERNIGHT.



AT 300 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT PART OF HIGHWAY 54 WAS 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF 

FLOODED BASEMENTS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF BUTLER 

COUNTY. 



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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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

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