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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

746 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARBER COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM

CDT...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAKE CITY TO NEAR ISABEL AT 746 AM. 

THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH 830 AM AND THEN 

BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATING 4 TO 5.5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT IN THIS AREA AND WITH THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING SOME FLASH 

FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE.



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

CITY.



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.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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