WGUS53 KDDC 130235 FFWDDC KSC057-083-130530- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0016.130813T0235Z-130813T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 935 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WRIGHT...WINDHORST...SPEARVILLE...FT. DODGE...DODGE CITY...BELLEFONT... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 930 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON 3RD AVENUE AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3783 10015 3792 9962 3767 9964 3767 10011 $$ FINCH
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 02:38:49 +0000