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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

130 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM

CDT...



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CANTON...GALVA...INMAN...LINDSBORG...

MARQUETTE AND MC PHERSON.



AT 126 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONE PERSON STRANDED 

IN A FLASH FLOOD 7 MILES EAST OF MOUNDRIDGE IN SOUTHEAST MCPHERSON 

COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS STRANDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARROWHEAD 

AND 30TH AVENUE.



EVEN THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LONG SINCE EXITED MCPHERSON COUNTY... 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE 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 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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