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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

112 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY.



IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

     JEWELL



AT 103 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY

HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORMOSO...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHWEST

OF CONCORDIA....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 

WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURR OAK...OR 

40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



SATELLITE AND RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN IN EASTERN JEWELL COUNTY...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF 

HIGHWAY 14.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL 

THROUGH AT LEAST 3 AM.



JEWELL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LOWLAND FLOODING AROUND 

LOVEWELL RESERVOIR.  EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AROUND THE 

CAMPGROUND.   



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. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW WHERE YOU

ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS AND AVOID CAMPING IN

THOSE AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 3997 9846 3958 9847 3959 9796 3999 9795

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