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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

335 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELLSWORTH AND RICE COUNTIES

UNTIL 700 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO CROSS ELLSWORTH AND RICE COUNTIES. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS, ON THE ORDER OF 3/4 TO 

1 INCH PER HOUR, THRU 5 AM CDT. NO DOUBT THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL

ONLY INCREASE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL ACROSS BOTH COUNTIES.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ALDEN, BUSHTON, CHASE, ELLSWORTH, 

FREDERICK, GENESEO, LYONS AND STERLING.



AT 300 AM CDT, THE RICE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING IN PROGRESS 

ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. THE FOLLOWING ROADS HAVE 

BEEN BARRICADED:



AVENUE V FROM 20TH TO 21ST ROADS.



22ND ROAD BETWEEN X AND Y AVENUE.



AVENUE J BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH AVENUES.



THE FLOODING IN THESE AREAS HAS REACHED DEPTHS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES.



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 ELSSWORTH OR RICE COUNTIES, REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH 

FLOODING, AND BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY FURTHER 

WARNINGS.



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