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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

945 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 

MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS COWLEY COUNTY TOWARD ATLANTA. DOPPLER 

ESTIMATES ARE THAT ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF ONE HALF TO THREE 

QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN ARE LIKELY PER HOUR THRU 11 PM CDT. 



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

CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER...ROCK AND MAPLE CITY.



AT 940 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO ROADS CLOSED IN 

DEXTER WHERE SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWED THEIR RESPECTIVE BANKS. IN 

ADDITION...COWLEY COUNTY ROAD WAS NEAR CLOSURE 1 MILE WEST OF ROCK...

NOT HIGHWAY 77



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. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



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



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