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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

717 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WALNUT CREEK IN RUSH COUNTY HAS BEEN

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE WALNUT CREEK AT NEKOMA CRESTED AT 27.6 FEET AT ABOUT 4 AM THIS

MORNING. THIS WAS ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF BELOW FLOOD STAGE.



RIVER GAGE REPORTS FROM NEKOMA AND ALEXANDER INDICATE THAT THE WATER

LEVELS HAVE BEEN DROPPING RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.  LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM RUSH COUNTY ALSO REPORT THAT WATER LEVELS

WERE DROPPING AT RUSH CENTER AND THAT THE RIVER WAS NEARLY CRESTING

AT ABOUT TWO FEET AND TEN INCHES BELOW THE BRIDGE NEAR TIMKEN.



WHILE HIGH WATER CAN BE EXPECTED IN WALNUT CREEK IN THE EASTERN PART

OF RUSH COUNTY THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT, THE THREAT FOR FLOODING

ALONG THE CREEK IS GREATLY REDUCED.



GERARD

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