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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

314 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003



...NORTHWEST FORD COUNTY CONTINUES UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 

430 PM CDT...



AT 3:13 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS PERSISTING 

OVER MOST OF NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY.  THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 

SHOWING SIGNS OF LETTING UP AND MOVING SOUTHWARD.  3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST FORD COUNTY 

SINCE 11:30 AM CDT.  ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE 

EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.  IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE WATER 

TO RUN OFF AND RECEDE.



AT 2:00 PM CDT, A CITIZEN REPORTED 6.0 INCHES OF RAIN ONE BLOCK 

NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL ON CANTERBURY ROAD.  ANOTHER CITIZEN LOCATED 

JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 50 NORTH BYPASS NEAR THE BOWLING ALLEY, 

REPORTED 5.75 INCHES OF RAIN AT 2:00 PM CDT.  AT 2:10 PM CDT, AN OFF 

DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 5.75 INCHES OF RAIN 2.1 MILES NORTH OF 

THE DODGE CITY POST OFFICE.   



NUMEROUS STREETS WERE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER IN DODGE CITY, 

ESPECIALLY AVENUE D, THIRD AVENUE AND UNDERPASS ROAD. EXERCISE 

EXTREME CAUTION AND STAY ALERT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN DODGE CITY AND 

SURROUNDING AREAS.



NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OVER A ROADWAY.  YOU CAN NOT JUDGE THE 

CONDITION OF THE SURFACE BENEATH THE WATER.  REMEMBER, IT ONLY TAKES 

18 TO 24 INCHES OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES FROM ROADWAYS. 

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY, AND 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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