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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

740 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RICE COUNTY UNTIL NOON CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO CROSS RICE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

TENTH TO 1/4 INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY THIS MORNING. STORM TOTAL 

RAINFALLS ACROSS RICE COUNTY HAVE REACHED 6 TO 7.25 INCHES SINCE 6 

PM MONDAY RUNOFF IS SURE TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING, WITH FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUING.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ALDEN...CHASE...LITTLE RIVER...

LYONS...RAYMOND AND STERLING.



AT 730 AM CDT, RICE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROADS HAVE 

REOPENED:



22ND ROAD BETWEEN AVENUES X AND Y.



HOWEVER THE FOLLOWING ROADS REMAIN BARRICADED:



AVENUE V FROM 20TH TO 21ST ROADS.



AVENUE J BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH AVENUES.



AVENUE N AND 8TH ROAD INTERSECTION.



AVENUE F BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH ROADS.



20TH ROAD BETWEEN AVENUES Q AND V.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, ROADS 

AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.



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

SUVS AND PICKUPS.



IF YOU LIVE IN RICE COUNTY, REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING AND BE 

LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



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