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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

305 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENWOOD AND ELK COUNTIES

UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



AT 258 AM CDT...GREENWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS 

LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 99 NEAR SEVERY...WHERE TWO INCHES OF WATER 

COVERED THE HIGHWAY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CLIMAX...FALL RIVER...HOWARD...

PIEDMONT AND SEVERY.



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 TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



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



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