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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

320 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RENO COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE OF HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 3/4 TO 1 INCH, 

ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH TOWARD NORTHERN RENO COUNTY. THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION 

ACROSS RENO COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND NICKERSON.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE HUTCHINSON AIRPORT, ABBYVILLE, 

ARLINGTON, BUHLER, HAVEN, HUTCHINSON, AND NICKERSON.



AT 305 AM CDT, RENO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

NICKERSON WAS COMPLETELY FLOODED AND INACCESSIBLE.



ALSO AT 305 AM CDT, RENO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING IN 

PROGRESS ACROSS THE COUNTY.



TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES, INCLUDING

SUVS AND PICKUPS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS

OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS, ESPECIALLY 

AT NIGHT



IF YOU LIVE IN RENO COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN OR AROUND NICKERSON, 

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING, AND BE LISTENING FOR LATER 

STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY FURTHER WARNINGS.



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