Flood Warnings Posted for Seward and Stevens Counties

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1126 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 2014

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STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-
1126 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS…
SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS…

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1123 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN TUESDAY EVENING FROM PERSISTENT STRONG
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. HEAVY RAINFALL HAD STOPPED, HOWEVER SOME
RURAL ROADS MAY BE COVERED BY WATER.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
KISMET…MOSCOW…CAVE…WOODS AND HAYNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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