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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

845 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

CAPABLE OF HOURLY RAINFALLS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OCCURRING ACROSS MOST 

OF SOUTHERN COWLEY COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN... 

CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY.



AT 837 PM CDT A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN 16 MILES 

EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY.



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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS

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

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



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



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