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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

850 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM

CDT...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FROM 1 TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS ELLIS COUNTY SINCE 4 PM CDT. AT 7:30 PM, ONE SPOTTER 

IN SOUTHWEST ELLIS COUNTY REPORTED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE YOCEMENTO...WALKER...VICTORIA...

TOULON...MUNJOR AND HAYS.



EARLIER THIS EVENING, THE HAYS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED STREET 

FLOODING IN HAYS.  ALSO, HIGHWAY 40 WAS CLOSED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES 

EAST OF VICTORIA DUE TO WATER FLOWING OVER THE HIGHWAY.



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.



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.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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