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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

330 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003



...HEAVY RAIN REPORTS KEEP COMING IN...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST FORD COUNTY UNTIL 430 

PM CDT.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A COUPLE MORE RAINFALL REPORTS 

SHORTLY AFTER 320 PM CDT.  KSN-TV WICHITA RELAYED A REPORT FROM A 

VIEWER 4 MILES WEST OF DODGE CITY OF 7.75 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 

NOON.  HE REPORTED THE WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 50 AND SOME 

CARS WERE TURNING BACK.  THE KSN/AWS RAIN GAUGE AT LINN ELEMENTARY 

SCHOOL IN WEST DODGE CITY REPORTED 5.15 INCHES OF RAIN AT 3:15 PM 

CDT.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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