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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

755 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES

UNTIL 200 AM CDT...



AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH ACROSS THE BUTLER 

COWLEY COUNTY. DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 

ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS AN AREA ABOUT 25 

MILES WIDE CENTERED ALONG THE BUTLER COWLEY LINE.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ATLANTA...BURDEN...CAMBRIDGE...

DOUGLASS...LATHAM AND UDALL.



AT 753 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 1 FOOT DEEP 

COVERING THE INTERSECTION OF INDIANOLA AND 210TH STREET...3 1/2 

MILES EAST OF DOUGLASS.



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. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



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



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