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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

955 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PERSISTING OVER BUTLER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE 

COUNTY. DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT RAINFALLS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH 

ARE LIKELY PER HOUR THRU 11 PM CDT. WITH THE GROUNDS SATURATED FROM 

THE HEAVY RAINS OF EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL CERTAINLY AGGREVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE AUGUSTA...CASSODAY...DOUGLASS...EL

DORADO...LATHAM AND LEON.



AT 947 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT LEON ROAD WAS 

FLOODED 3 MILES NORTH OF LEON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS AND EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS 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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