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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

659 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARBER COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 659 AM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACROSS BARBER COUNTY. THIS AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE NEXT 

FEW HOURS AND THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. CONTINUED 

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVIER SHOWERS EARLIER THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL LIKELY TO CONTINUE 

PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING THIS MORNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS...DITCHES...GULLEYS...DRAWS...ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

ISSUED FOR BARBER COUNTY.





LAT...LON 3743 9848 3702 9838 3702 9895 3744 9898



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