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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1120 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO ESTIMATE HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF SEDGWICK 

COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE NORTHEAST WICHITA...JABARA 

AIRPORT...SOUTHEAST WICHITA...MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...WEST 

WICHITA AND MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...ANDALE...BEL AIRE AND CLEARWATER.



AT 1115 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED EIGHT TENTHS INCH OF RAIN IN

A 30 MINUTE PERIOD ENDING AT 1115 PM CDT IN GARDEN PLAIN.



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.



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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