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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

610 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 830 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS 

THAT PRODUCED THE FLASH FLOODING IN MCPHERSON COUNTY WERE MOVING 

INTO NORTHERN MARION COUNTY. DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED ACROSS A 25 MILE SWATH ACROSS SOUTHERN 

MCPHERSON COUNTY...THAT RESULTED IN THE FLOODING OF NUMEROUS

COUNTY ROADS.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CANTON...GALVA...INMAN...LINDSBORG...

MARQUETTE AND MC PHERSON.



AT 600 AM CDT...THE MCPHERSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLOODING 

WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. AT 

CURRENT RATES...THE FLOODING SHOULD SUBSIDE AT APPROXIMATELY 730 AM 

CDT. THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT THAT TIME.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS... 

ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.



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



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