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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

145 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

UNTIL 500 AM CDT...



AT 135 AM CDT...COWLEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING IN 

PROGRESS IN UDALL AND ONE HALF MILE WEST OF ROCK.



IN UDALL...THE INTERSECTION OF 42ND AND 31ST STREETS...AS WELL AS 

THE INTERSECTION OF 42ND AND 21ST STREETS...WERE UNDER WATER WITH 

BARRICADES BEING INSTALLED AT BOTH LOCATIONS.



ONE HALF MILE WEST OF ROCK...THE ROAD LEADING INTO TOWN WAS ALSO 

UNDER WATER WITH BARRICADES BEING INSTALLED.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ROCK...UDALL...ATLANTA...BURDEN... 

CAMBRIDGE...DOUGLASS...AND LATHAM.



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...NOR DRIVE AROUND A 

BARRICADE...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT 



IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN BUTLER OR NORTHERN COWLEY COUNTIES...REMAIN 

ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING AND BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND 

POSSIBLY FURTHER WARNINGS.



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