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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

235 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM

CDT...



AT 230 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT STREETS IN 

DERBY WERE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING MENAWHILE...FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUES AT MANY LOCATIONS IN WICHITA...MOST NOTABLY AT 

THE ELM OLIVER INTERSECTION WHERE MOTORISTS WERE BEING RESCUED...AND 

AT THE 31ST STREET SOUTH SENECA INTERSECTION...WHERE VEHICLES WERE 

STALLED.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE NORTHEAST WICHITA AND JABARA

AIRPORT...SOUTHEAST WICHITA, MCCONNELL AIRFORCE BASE...WEST WICHITA

AND MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...ANDALE...BEL AIRE AND CLEARWATER.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION



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...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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