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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

915 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PESTER COWLEY COUNTY. DOPPLER ESTIMATES 

ARE THAT AS MUCH AS ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN 

ARE POSSIBLE IN ONE HOUR IN TWO AREAS: ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER... 

AND NEAR ATLANTA.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ATLANTA...BURDEN...CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER

AND WINFIELD.



AT 900 PM CDT...THE COWLEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TWO ROADS CLOSED 

IN DEXTER WHERE SMALL STREAMS HAVE OVERFLOWED THEIR RESPECTIVE 

BANKS. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 77 MAY BE CLOSED SOON DUE TO THE WALNUT 

RIVER APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE.



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 AT ONCE.



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

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

TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER...NOR DRIVE AROUND A BARRICADE... 

ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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