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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

608 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LINCOLN AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES

UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...



AS OF 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND 

STRONG WINDS...OVER EASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY. 



AT 602 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER COVERING LOW LYING 

AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 111...EAST OF THE TOWN OF ELLSWORTH. 



DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES 

OVER FAR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF 

ELLSWORTH COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE ALSO 

INDICATED WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ELLSWORTH COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR

DRAINAGE.



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

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS... SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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



/CARUSO



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