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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

255 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FINNEY AND KEARNY COUNTIES

UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS 

OF 4 INCHES IN 4 HOURS ACROSS LARGE PARTS OF KEARNY AND FINNEY 

COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED, LIGHT RAINS WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE THROUGH 400 AM CDT IN THIS AREA. RUN OFF FROM THE RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PROBLEMS WITH HIGH WATER ALONG HIGHWAY 50 

AND HIGHWAY 156 AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 83 NORTH OUT OF GARDEN CITY 

AND HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH OUT OF LAKIN. 



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE 

PLYMELL...PIERCEVILLE...LAKIN...HOLCOMB...GARDEN CITY...TENNIS

AND FRIEND.



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.



CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN MAY KEEP SMALL CREEKS...

DITCHES...AND DRAWS FULL OF WATER. IN THE EVENT YOU COME ACROSS A

FLOODED ROADWAY...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS IT. NEVER WADE INTO FLOWING

WATER AS THE FORCE MAY KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



JOHNSON

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