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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

905 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003



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

CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING COWLEY COUNTY ARE PRODUCING HEAVIER RAINS



AT 900 PM CDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN COWLEY COUNTY.



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

CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY.



AT 850 PM CDT COWLEY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 4 INCHES OF

RAIN 2 MILES SOUTH OF ARKANSAS CITY



AT 847 PM CDT A TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 3.1 INCHES OF RAIN 10 MILES 

EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY.



FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND ARKANSAS CITY IS IMMINENT, ESPECIALLY 

ALONG HIGHWAY 77



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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