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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

636 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

UNTIL 1045 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH 

RAINFALL HAS ENDED...ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FLOODING WILL OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ELK FALLS...FALL RIVER...GRENOLA...

HOWARD...LONGTON AND MOLINE.



AT 630 AM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 99 NEAR 

SEVERY SOUTH INTO ELK 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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