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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

515 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 SHOWERS AND

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO CROSS BOTH COUNTIES. HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES HAVE LESSENED, TO ABOUT 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH. HOWEVER, WITH

FLOODING IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF RICE COUNTY, ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS SURE TO AGGREVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



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

FREDERICK, GENESEO, AND LYONS.



AT 445 AM CDT, RICE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROADS 

REMAIN BARRICADED:



AVENUE V FROM 20TH TO 21ST ROADS.



22ND ROAD BETWEEN X AND Y AVENUE.



AVENUE J BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH AVENUES.



IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN BARRICADED:



AVENUE N AND 8TH ROAD INTERSECTION.



AVENUE F BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH ROADS.



20TH ROAD BETWEEN AVENUES Q AND V.



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



NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ELLSWORTH COUNTY.



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 FLOODED ROADS OR HIGHWAYS, 

ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



IF YOU LIVE IN ELLSWORTH OR RICE COUNTIES, REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH 

FLOODING AND BE LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY FURTHER 

WARNINGS.



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