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FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

915 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR BARBER COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.



RADAR ESTIMATES OF LAST NIGHTS PRECIPITATION RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2.5

INCHES ALONG THE MEDICINE LODGE RIVER NORTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE,

TO BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4.0 INCHES ALONG ELM CREEK BETWEEN MEDICINE LODGE

AND SAWYER.  REPORTS FROM THE BARBER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AND AN

OBSERVER IN SUN CITY INDICATE THAT THE MEDICINE LODGE RIVER IS

SLIGHTLY OUT OF ITS BANKS FROM SUN CITY TO MEDICINE LODGE.   RUNOFF

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ELM CREEK ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATER THIS

AFTERNOON AT MEDICINE LODGE.  SMALLER CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY

ALSO BE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT RISES, AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY

BE COVERED BY WATER.



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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