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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

129 AM CDT TUE APR 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYNE



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES 

FROM THE CIMARRON RIVER VALLEY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54 EASTWARD ACROSS 

PARTS OF THE XIT AND XI RANCH AREAS OF MEADE COUNTY. 



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING SHOULD REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL 

AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE

CITY.



LAT...LON 3701 10094 3701 10009 3718 10010 3711 10087



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