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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

315 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

CDT...



AT 310 AM CDT...SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT VEHICLES WERE 

STALLED IN FLASH FLOODING AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WICHITA 

METROPOLITAN AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE NORTHEAST WICHITA AND JABARA 

AIRPORT...SOUTHEAST WICHITA, MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...WEST WICHITA 

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



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. 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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