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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

859 PM CDT MON APR 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN KANSAS

  EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 859 PM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS 5 

TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN RURAL EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY 

GENERALLY BETWEEN ROUTE 160 AND THE SALT FORK ARKANSAS RIVER. FLASH 

FLOODING IN THIS AREA IS LIKELY WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AND 

PERHAPS ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA BY 930 PM. 

ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN FOR FLOODING IS DOWNSTREAM OF THIS AREA 

ALONG THE SALT FORK ARKANSAS RIVER IN SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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