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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

914 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



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 911 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED DITCHES           

  OVERFLOWING IN NORTHEAST NESS COUNTY WITH WATER EXPECTED TO COVER  

  HIGHWAY 4 SHORTLY EAST OF BROWNELL AND NORTWEST OF MCCRACKEN. THEY 

  ALSO INDICATE THAT THEY EXPECT THE FLOODING OF MINOR TRIBUTARIES   

  OF THE SNAKE CREEK AND BIG TIMBER CREEK IN NORHTEAST NESS COUNTY

  AND NORTHWEST RUSH COUNTY. 



* RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES APPEAR TO BE GREATER THAN 5 INCHES OF RAIN

  IN THIS AREA DURING A 4 HOUR PERIOD AND RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL.    

  THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE NOW LOCATED 

  BETWEEN RANSOM AND NESS CITY AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME HIGH

  WATER PROBLEMS IN THAT AREA AS WELL DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.    



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  RANSOM,

  MCCRACKEN,

  BROWNELL,

  ARNOLD,



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3869 9944 3857 9942 3858 9959 3859 10013

          3869 10018

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