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WGUS73 KDDC 290152

FFSDDC

KSZ085-290800-



SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

853 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2003



...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STEVENS

COUNTY...



DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4.5 INCHES OF

RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 6:30 PM CDT THIS EVENING...JUST NORTHWEST OF

HUGOTON AND JUST NORTHEAST OF FETERITA.  RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2.5

INCHES PER HOUR HAVE NOT BEEN UNCOMMON, WHICH CAN QUICKLY TURN CREEKS

AND DITCHES INTO OVERFLOWING TRENCHES.  STEVENS COUNTY OFFICIALS

REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN HUGOTON SINCE 7:45 PM CDT.

MANY STREETS ARE FLOODED AND TRAFFIC IS SEVERELY HAMPERED.



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 1 TO 3

INCHES OF MORE RAINFALL THIS EVENING.  THIS WILL RESULT IN SWOLLEN

STREAMS AND DRAWS.  SOME WATER MAY EVEN CROSS ROADWAYS, CREATING A

DANGEROUS CONDITION DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS

CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



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