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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

956 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 956 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON 

HIGHWAY K2 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 281 AND KIOWA, ALSO ON HARDNTER SHORTCUT 

ROAD NORTH OF HARDTNER.



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL MOVING ACROSS 

SOUTHERN BARBER COUNTY AND THEY SHOULD MOVE OUT BY MIDNIGHT. RADAR 

ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL 

HOURS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3716 9837 3701 9836 3700 9899 3716 9899



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