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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

531 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARBER COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM

CDT...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH BACK INTO NORTHERN BARBER 

COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAD BRIEFLY ENDED AS OF 530 AM...ANOTHER 

ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TOWARDS DAYBREAK. 

THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE SUN CITY...MEDICINE LODGE...LAKE CITY

AND AETNA.



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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