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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

1009 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR HAMILTON...

KEARNY...SCOTT AND LANE COUNTIES IN WESTERN KANSAS...



WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF NEAR HALF AN INCH WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 1.5

TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT.

THE GROUND ACROSS HAMILTON, KEARNY, SCOTT AND LANE COUNTIES REMAINS

SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS. AS A

CONSEQUENCE, MUCH OF THE RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY AND

MAY RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING.



MOIST LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN

COLORADO CONTINUED TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH

CENTRAL COLORADO LATE THIS EVENING ASSISTED IN DESTABILIZING THE

ATMOSPHERE AND PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS

WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...

CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR

QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS

ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS SINCE IT

OFTEN IS DEEPER AND SWIFTER THAN IT APPEARS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE

OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



WEATHER INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT:

www.crh.noaa.gov/ddc



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