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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

1228 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FINNEY COUNTY IN KANSAS

  KEARNY COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1228 AM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

  ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES DURING THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF

  OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY AND 

  ACROSS NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS EXPECTED

  TO DIMINISH THROUGH 200 AM CDT THIS MORNING, THE GROUND IS

  LIKELY ALREADY SATURDATED LEAVING NO PLACE FOR THE WATER TO

  GO.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  FRIEND

  TENNIS 

  LAKIN

  HOLCOMB

  GARDEN CITY

  DEERFIELD



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.



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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN DODGE CITY.



LAT...LON 3824 10067 3824 10026 3803 10026 3803 10069

          3776 10067 3776 10151 3825 10152



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