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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

617 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES

UNTIL 915 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAINFALL 

HAD ENDED...HOWEVER DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD 4 TO AS 

MUCH AS 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVERNIGHT. PROLONGED RUNOFF 

FLOODING IS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. DO NOT CROSS WATER 

COVERED ROADWAYS AND AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS



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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