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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

735 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT 

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS AT THE RATE OF 

AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...BURDEN...CAMBRIDGE...

DEXTER...MAPLE CITY AND WINFIELD.



AT 715 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS MEASURED 2.23 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE 

HOUR IN WINFIELD. MANY STREETS ARE NOW FLOODED IN WINFIELD.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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