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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

455 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS ACROSS ALL OF NEOSHO COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT 1 TO AS MUCH AS 2.5 INCHES HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE 

COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE 

COUNTY...FROM NEAR THAYER TO EARLTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR

DRAINAGE.







REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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



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