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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

818 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KINGMAN COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY 

HAD EXITED THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 

EASTERN FOURTH OF KINGMAN COUNTY THRU 11 PM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CLEVELAND...KINGMAN...NORWICH...

RAGO...SPIVEY AND ZENDA.



AT 818 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED 1 INCH OF RAIN IN KINGMAN EARLIER 

THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL 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 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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