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WGUS73 KDDC 090607

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KSZ090-090800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

105 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BARBER COUNTY HAS BEEN 

EXTENDED UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN BARBER 

COUNTY AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE HARDTNER...HAZELTON...AND KIOWA.



AT 100 AM CDT THE BARBER COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER 

STILL OVER HIGHWAY K-2...JUST WEST OF KIOWA.  KDOT CREWS WERE NOW 

MONITORING THE HIGH WATER AREA AND CONTROLLING TRAFFIC.  THE WATER 

IN OTHER TROUBLE SPOTS EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD RECEDED.



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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN DODGE CITY.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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