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KSZ069-093-241000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

255 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

UNTIL 500 AM CDT...



AT 240 AM CDT...BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MAJOR 

FLOODING IN SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY.



IN DOUGLASS...AT THE SOUTH END OF TOWN...STREETS WERE FLOODED WITH 

TWO VEHICLES SUBMERGED. ALSO IN DOUGLASS...SIX TRAILER HOMES WERE 

SURROUNDED BY FLOODING.



ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF DOUGLASS...EIGHT MILE CREEK HAD OVERFLOWED ITS 

BANKS ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF THE COWLEY COUNTY LINE.



ONE AND A HALF MILES SOUTH OF ROSE HILL...WATER CONTINUED FLOWING 

ACROSS SOUTHWEST 230TH STREET.



JUST NORTH OF THE BUTLER COWLEY COUNTY LINE...HAVERHILL ROAD HAS 

BEEN CLOSED.



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

DOUGLASS AND LATHAM.



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...NOR DRIVE AROUND A BARRICADE... 

ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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