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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

133 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005



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KIOWA CO-

133 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM MDT FOR SOUTHERN

KIOWA COUNTY...



AT 128 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY 

MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...WHICH WAS PRODUCING MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL 

KIOWA COUNTY.



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 3846 10294 3829 10323 3828 10212 3836 10212



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