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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

610 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

  NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

  TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 610 PM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL ESTIMATES

  OF 3 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 430 PM CDT IN THE AREA AROUND 5 MILES       

  SOUTHWEST OF TREGO CENTER AND JUST UPSTREAM OF CEDAR BLUFF         

  RESERVOIR ON THE SMOKY HILL RIVER. ANOTHER AREA OF NEARLY 4 INCHES 

  OF RAIN WAS IN NORTHEAST NESS COUNTY AND NORTHWEST RUSH COUNTY     

  OVER THE SNAKE CREEK AND TIMBER CREEK BASINS NORTH OF A BROWNELL   

  TO MCCRACKEN LINE.   



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  TREGO CENTER,

  MCCRACKEN,

  HARGRAVE,

  CEDAR BLUFF,



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.



LAT...LON 3889 9962 3869 9959 3869 9939 3854 9938

          3853 9959 3871 9971 3871 10014 3899 10016



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