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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

816 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005



COC061-250530-

KIOWA CO-

816 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR KIOWA

COUNTY...



AT 811 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS 

STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR ABOUT 21 

MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OVER...

  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM MDT. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY. 



FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.



IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT

OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE

CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY

MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3861 10207 3860 10316 3851 10315 3827 10344

      3828 10270 3826 10206



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