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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

336 AM CDT TUE APR 20 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN MEADE AND 

SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...



AT 330 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 2 TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.  

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...IT MAY TAKE A WHILE 

FOR WATER TO RECEDE...PARTICULARLY OVER RURAL ROADWAYS.



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.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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