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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

448 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FINNEY AND KEARNY COUNTIES HAS BEEN

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR

FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING WAS

ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



AT 315 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET AND HIGHWAY

FLOODING AROUND THE GARDEN CITY AREA. KANSAS HIGHWAY 25 WAS FLOODED

NORTH OF LAKIN AND STREETS IN LAKIN WERE FLOODED AT THIS TIME AS 

WELL.



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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