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FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

1152 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT

TONIGHT...



RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS MOST OF ELLIS COUNTY.  IN NORTHEASTERN

ELLIS COUNTY, THE ELLIS COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED

CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER IN FIELDS...AND THE SALINE RIVER IS

SLIGHTLY OUT OF ITS BANKS.



EXPECT LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG THE SALINE RIVER IN NORTHEASTERN

TREGO COUNTY TO BE INUNDATED TODAY AND TONIGHT.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS...MOST

VEHICLES CAN BE FLOATED BY TWO FEET OF WATER...AND WASHED INTO THE

MAIN RIVER CHANNEL...POSSIBLY DROWNING THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE.





STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO

YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION.  YOU MAY ALSO VISIT

OUR WEB SITE AT: WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DDC

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