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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

251 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 251 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS 

MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER EASTERN SCOTT 

COUNTY FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THE 

AREA. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY 

AND WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA THROUGH 4 PM CDT.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  GRIGSTON,

  MANNING,

  SCOTT CITY,

  SCOTT STATE LAKE,

  HIGHWAY 96 EAST OF SCOTT CITY



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS...DITCHES...GULLEYS...DRAWS...ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3868 10069 3837 10068 3838 10090 3869 10096



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