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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

552 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RUSH...NESS...ELLIS AND TREGO

COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE 

TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS EASTERN NESS, WESTERN RUSH, 

SOUTHERN TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL RATES 

IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH AN HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS 

THROUGH DAYBREAK. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE 

PREVIOUS STORMS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE YOCEMENTO...WAKEENEY...VODA...

VICTORIA...TREGO CENTER AND TOULON.



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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