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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

627 PM CDT MON SEP 17 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



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 627 PM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD HEAVY 

RAINS OVER MUCH OF NESS AND WESTERN RUSH COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF NESS 

COUNTY FROM A FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...MORE  

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO RUSH AND NESS COUNTY 

OVERNIGHT.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  UTICA,

  TIMKEN,

  SHAFFER,

  RUSH CENTER,

  RANSOM,

  NESS CITY,



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.



LAT...LON 3867 9907 3839 9906 3828 10021 3867 10022

          3866 9956 3865 9945 3868 9933 3867 9916



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