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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

906 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT LIGHT RAIN WAS 

STILL FALLING SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROSE HILL TO BEAUMONT.  

ONE HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY AVERAGING LESS THAN ONE 

QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS THE AREA.  THE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

RAINS HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS ROADS AND BRIDGES TO BECOME COVERED WITH 

WATER.



AT 853 PM CDT BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 4 

MILE CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS ONE AND A HALF MILES SOUTH OF 

KELLOGG ON BUTLER ROAD. 



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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