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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

625 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RICE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 

TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF RICE COUNTY.



RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATER 

THIS EVENING ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF FLOODING IN THE AREA.



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.



/BAKER



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