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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

955 PM CDT MON APR 30 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER 

COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 952 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE 

WARNING WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES 

HAVE FALLEN TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. EVEN AFTER THE RAIN 

ENDS...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS RUNOFF 

ACCUMULATES IN LOW LYING AREAS.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE AETNA.



AT 922 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED IN EXCESS 

OF 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT SOUTH HIGHWAY 160 ON THE MULE CREEK.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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