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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

942 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



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

1230 AM CDT...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS 

ALREADY SATURATED AREAS OF NESS AND RUSH COUNTIES.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE UTICA...TIMKEN...SHAFFER...RUSH

CENTER...RANSOM AND NESS CITY.



AT 915 PM CDT RUSH COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY HIGH WATER 

PROBLEMS ACROSS THE COUNTY.  WATER WAS OVER ROADWAYS ON HIGHWAY 96 

NEAR TIMKEN...HIGHWAY 183 NEAR LIEBENTHAL AND ALSO NEAR THE 

RUSH/ELLIS COUNTY LINE NORTH OF LIEBENTHAL...AS WELL AS AT THE K-4 

TURNOFF NEAR BISON.  SHERIFF OFFICERS AND KDOT OFFICIALS ARE MANNING 

THE PROBLEM SPOTS...SLOWING TRAFFIC DOWN...AND MONITORING THE 

FLOODING SITUATION.



IN ADDITION, HIGH WATER ALONG THE BIG THUNDER CREEK WAS CAUSING 

WATER TO FLOW INTO BASEMENTS IN LIEBENTHAL.  OFFICIALS WERE GETTING 

SANDBAG OPERATION UNDERWAY IN LIEBENTHAL.

 

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.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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