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WGUS73 KDDC 142155

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

455 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FORD COUNTY UNTIL 5:30 PM 

CDT...



AT 449 PM CDT, AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE 

REPORTED SEVERAL CREEKS BETWEEN DODGE CITY AND FORD FULL OR JUST OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS, ESPECIALLY NEAR WILROADS GARDEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 5:30 PM, WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS...DITCHES... GULLEYS...DRAWS...ROADS...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF REACHES SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER.



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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