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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

500 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO CROSS RENO COUNTY IN AN EASTERLY MANNER 

AROUND 25 MPH. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE INTO THE 3/4 TO 1 

INCH RANGE THRU 7 AM. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL NO DOUBT WORSEN 

THE FLOODING SITUATION, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND NICKERSON, WHICH 

REMAINS COMPLETELY FLOODED.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE HUTCHINSON, ABBYVILLE, ARLINGTON, 

BUHLER, HAVEN, AND NICKERSON.



AT 450 AM CDT, RENO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE OVERALL FLOODING 

SITUATION ACROSS RENO COUNTY UNCHANGED SINCE 305 AM CDT.



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.



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

SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED HIGHWAY, 

ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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