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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1115 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003



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

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD HEAVY 

RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS COWLEY COUNTY AT THE RATE OF ONE HALF TO ONE 

INCH PER HOUR. THIS WOULD BRING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 3 TO 4 INCH 

RANGE ACROSS SOUTHERN COWLEY COUNTY.



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

CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER AND MAPLE CITY.



AT 1100 PM CDT WINFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED MINOR STREET 

FLOODING WITHIN THE CITYS LIMITS.



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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