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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

946 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



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PRATT KS-

946 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

PRATT COUNTY...



AT 941 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 

7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CULLISON...OR ABOUT NEAR CROFT...MOVING WEST AT 

5 MPH.



THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF PRATT

COUNTY.



AT 945 PM CDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAS 

OUT AND MONITORING ROADS FOR ANY OVERFLOWING WATER.  DITCHES IN THE 

COUNTY WERE FLOWING FULL.



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. NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER 

OVER A ROADWAY.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE

CITY.



LAT...LON 3781 9848 3781 9900 3749 9899 3748 9847



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