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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

940 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE  

SOUTH FORK OF THE SAPPA CREEK NEAR ACHILLES UNTIL 700 PM CDT 

WEDNESDAY EVENING...



RAINFALL OF NEAR 4 INCHES OVER THE AREA SINCE LAST NIGHT HAS CAUSED 

THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SAPPA CREEK NEAR ACHILLES TO COME OUT OF ITS 

BANKS. THE FLOOD STAGE NEAR ACHILLES IS 8 FEET. AS OF 10 PM CDT... 

THE AUTOMATED RIVER GAGE LOCATED SIX MILES SOUTHEAST OF ACHILLES WAS 

REPORTING A STAGE OF 9.6 FEET. THE CREEK HAS BEEN RAPIDLY RISING 

THIS EVENING.



THE RISE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...AND CREST NEAR 10 

FEET BETWEEN SUNRISE AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WATER LEVEL WILL START 

DROPPING DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 

UNTIL EARLY EVENING. AT THIS LEVEL...THE CREEK WILL CAUSE MINOR 

FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL AREAS AND COVER A COUNTY ROADWAY IN THE 

SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DECATUR COUNTY. 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. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION 

CONCERNING THIS FLOODING SITUATION.



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