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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

220 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

UNTIL 500 AM CDT...



AT 210 AM CDT...BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING WAS THREATENING A TRAILER PARK IN DOUGLASS ALSO IN 

DOUGLASS...A TRUCK WAS STALLED IN FLOOD WATERS.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED THAT MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS BUTLER COUNTY 

THRU 5 AM...WITH MORE VERY HEAVY RAINS LIKELY. THE FLOODING 

SITUATION WILL WORSEN.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE 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. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER...NOR DRIVE AROUND A 

BARRICADE...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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