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WGUS73 KDDC 160505

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KSZ086-087-160600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

1202 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MEADE AND SEWARD COUNTIES

UNTIL 100 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY 

HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOWLER 

AREA.  THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT REMAINS HIGH IN AND AROUND FOWLER. 

ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNING AREA, THE RAIN HAS COME TO AN END BUT 

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE.  ROADS MAY REMAIN COVERED WITH FLOOD WATERS IN 

LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST 1245 AM.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE FOWLER...MEADE...MISSLER AND PLAINS

CITY.



AT 1036 PM, LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MEADE REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 54 

WEST AND EAST OF MEADE.  THE LOCAL PARK IN MEADE WAS FLOODED.



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.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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