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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1219 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. BUT RUNOFF FROM 

EARLIER RAINS MAY STILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS.



AT AROUND MIDNIGHT, SUMNER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT IN 

WELLINGTON, FAIR STREET WAS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN LINCOLN AND 

1ST STREETS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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



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/LAWSON

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