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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

616 AM MDT WED MAY 30 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SAPPA CREEK NEAR

ACHILLES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THIS EVENING...



RAINFALL OF NEAR 4 INCHES OVER THE AREA YESTERDAY CAUSED THE SOUTH

FORK OF THE SAPPA CREEK NEAR ACHILLES TO COME OUT OF ITS BANKS. THE

FLOOD STAGE NEAR ACHILLES IS 8 FEET. AT 10 PM CDT LAST EVENING...THE

AUTOMATED RIVER GAUGE LOCATED SIX MILES SOUTHEAST OF ACHILLES

REPORTED A STAGE CREST OF 9.6 FEET. BY 5 AM CDT THIS MORNING...THE

STAGE HAD STEADILY DECREASED TO 8.7 FEET.



THE DECREASE IN STAGE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH WATER

LEVELS COMING BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON. UNTIL THEN...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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