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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

840 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ANOTHER AREA 

OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH INTO WESTERN 

BUTLER COUNTY. DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT BETWEEN ONE HALF AND THREE 

QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN ONE HOUR FROM THIS NEXT 

ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN 

LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE AUGUSTA...BENTON...CASSODAY...

DOUGLASS...EL DORADO AND LATHAM.



AT 840 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONLY MINOR FLOODING 

IN BUTLER COUNTY...MAINLY IN AND AROUND EL DORADO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR

DRAINAGE. 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.



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



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