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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

727 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM

CDT...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP

AND MOVE ACROSS WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY, MAINLY SOUTH OF PROTECTION. THESE 

STEADY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM AND THEN

BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

ALREADY FALLEN IN SOUTHWEST COMANCHE COUNTY OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. WITH 

THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS SOME FLASH FLOODING IS 

STILL POSSIBLE. 



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE PROTECTION AND BUTTERMILK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS...DITCHES...GULLEYS...DRAWS...ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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