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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

552 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL 10 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAINS ACROSS ALL OF NEOSHO COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF 

RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 AM...BEFORE THE RAINFALL ENDS.



AT 552 AM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER WALNUT STREET IN 

ERIE. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY.



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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