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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

351 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS FALLING 

AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS GREENWOOD AND ELK 

COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENWOOD AND MUCH OF ELK COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT.



AT 330 AM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 

99 FROM NEAR SEVERY SOUTH INTO ELK COUNTY.



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.



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



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