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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

824 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TREGO...NESS AND RUSH COUNTIES

UNTIL 915 PM CDT...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ESTIMATES OF AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES 

OF RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TREGO COUNTY NEAR TREGO CENTER 

AND WEST OF CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR ALONG THE SMOKY HILL RIVER. 

ANOTHER AREA OF AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS INDICATED 

BETWEEN BROWNELL, MCCRACKEN AND CEDAR BLUFF DAM. 



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE TREGO CENTER...MCCRACKEN...HARGRAVE

AND 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN MAY KEEP SMALL CREEKS...

DITCHES...AND DRAWS FULL OF WATER. IN THE EVENT YOU COME ACROSS A

FLOODED ROADWAY...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS IT. NEVER WADE INTO FLOWING

WATER AS THE FORCE MAY KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



JOHNSON

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