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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1110 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS 

THAT CAUSED THE FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST 

ACROSS NORTHWEST ELK AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES. HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF

FROM THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.



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

DEXTER...MAPLE CITY AND WINFIELD.



AT 1105 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING 

IN COWLEY COUNTY. THE ONLY FLOODING STILL IN PROGRESS WERE TWO ROADS 

CLOSED IN DEXTER WHERE SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWED THEIR RESPECTIVE 

BANKS...AND COWLEY COUNTY ROAD ONE MILE WEST OF ROCK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE 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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