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KSZ068-120915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1055 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARVEY COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED THIS EVENING IN NORHEAST HARVEY COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE HALSTEAD...HESSTON...NEWTON...NORTH

NEWTON AND WALTON.



AT 1043 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 5.1 INCHES OF RAIN 1 

MILE WEST OF WALTON IN NORTHEAST HARVEY COUNTY.



AT 1050 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 6 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER 

COVERING U.S. HIGHWAY 50 NEAR NEWTON.



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 AT ONCE



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

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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