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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

925 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



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

UNTIL 200 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINS HAD 

WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS SOUTHERN BUTLER AND NORTHERN COWLEY 

COUNTIES. HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PESTER THIS AREA 

THRU AT LEAST MIDNIGHT.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ATLANTA...AUGUSTA...BENTON...

BURDEN...CAMBRIDGE AND CASSODAY.



AT 917 PM CDT...BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED ROADS FLOODED IN AND 

AROUND DOUGLASS.



AT 920 PM CDT...COWLEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT 32ND ROAD WAS 

BARRICADED 4 MILES WEST OF ATLANTA.



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...NOR DRIVE AROUND A 

BARRICADE...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



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



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