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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

125 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES

UNTIL 500 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 11 PM ACROSS AN AREA ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE 

CENTERED ON THE BUTLER COWLEY COUNTY LINE.



AT 103 AM CDT...BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER FLOWING ACROSS 

SOUTHWEST 230TH STREET...ONE AND A HALF MILES SOUTH OF ROSE HILL.



AT 120 AM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 5.2 INCHES OF RAIN AT A 

POINT 6 MILES WEST...AND 2 MILES NORTH...OF ATLANTA. FLOODING IS VERY

LIKELY ALONG THE HIGHWAY FROM ROCK TO ATLANTA. ALL TRAVEL BETWEEN 

ROCK AND ATLANTA IS GREATLY DISCOURAGED



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ATLANTA...BURDEN...CAMBRIDGE...

DOUGLASS...LATHAM AND LEON.



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 AT ONCE



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DONT EVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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