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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

835 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO TWO AND 

A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF SEDGWICK 

COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE NORTHEAST WICHITA AND JABARA

AIRPORT...SOUTHEAST WICHITA, MCCONNELL AIRFORCE BASE...WEST WICHITA

AND MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...ANDALE...BEL AIRE AND CLEARWATER.



AT 826 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THE INTERSECTION OF 

31ST STREET SOUTH AND SENECA WAS UNDER WATER IN SOUTH WICHITA. AFTER 

THE HEAVY RAINS FROM LAST NIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS...IT IS VERY LIKELY 

THAT MANY OTHER AREAS OF THE WICHITA METROPOLITAN AREA ARE FLOODED 

AS WELL. BE EXTRA CAREFUL DRIVING AROUND WICHITA...ESPECIALLY THROUGH

LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



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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