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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

955 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM

CDT...



DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED 

ACROSS NEOSHO COUNTY THRU 945 PM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CHANUTE AIRPORT...CHANUTE...

EARLTON...ERIE...GALESBURG AND ST. PAUL.



AT 938 PM CDT...NEOSHO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGHWAY 169 FLOODED 

TO DEPTHS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...ONE AND A HALF MILES SOUTH OF EARLTON. 

BARRICADING OF THIS HIGHWAY IS BEING CONSIDERED.



ALSO AT 938 PM CDT...NEOSHO COUNTY SHERIFF RECEIVED AN UNCONFIRMED 

REPORT THAT K39 WAS FLOODED 1 MILE EAST OF THE WILSON NEOSHO COUNTY 

LINE.



AT 945 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS MEASURED 4.35 INCHES OF RAIN 

IN ERIE FROM THIS EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS.



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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