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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1050 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 OVER 

SOUTHEAST BUTLER COUNTY WERE CAPABLE OF HOURLY RAINFALL RATES IN THE 

ONE HALF TO ONE INCH RANGE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG...

AND SOUTHEAST...OF A LINE FROM ROSE HILL...TO AUGUSTA...TO EL DORADO 

STATE PARK.



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

LATHAM...LEON AND POTWIN.



AT 1045 PM CDT...BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER

OF ROADS WERE WATER COVERED ACROSS THE COUNTY. AT 933 PM CDT...A 

VEHICLE WAS WASHED OFF THE ROAD ON SOUTHWEST 170TH ONE MILE NORTHEAST

OF ROSE HILL. NEITHER THE DRIVER NOR THE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE AND EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONITNUE 

TO 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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