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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1005 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINS, 

ON THE ORDER OF 1.25 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR, CONTINUING ACROSS 

SOUTHEAST COWLEY COUNTY. DOPPLER ALSO INDICATED 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH 

HOURLY RAINFALLS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTY.



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

CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY.



AT 1000 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 3.5 

INCHES 2 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY, AND 2.25 INCHES 1 MILE EAST OF 

ARKANSAS CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR 

DRAINAGE. 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.



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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