Flash Flood Watch Posted for Listening Area

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1220 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

…SCATTERED RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OFF AND ON TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING…

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING,
BRING SOME MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN IS
NOT EXPECTED, SOME AREAS ARE PRIMED FOR FLOODING FROM EVEN SOME
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS.

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PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR…
HAYS…ELLIS…SCOTT CITY…DIGHTON…NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…
RUSH CENTER…SYRACUSE…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…GARDEN CITY…
KALVESTA…JETMORE…HANSTON…LARNED…BURDETT…ST. JOHN…
STAFFORD…HUDSON…JOHNSON CITY…ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…SATANTA…
CIMARRON…MONTEZUMA…DODGE CITY…BUCKLIN…KINSLEY…LEWIS…
GREENSBURG…HAVILAND…PRATT…ELKHART…RICHFIELD…HUGOTON…
MOSCOW…LIBERAL…KISMET…MEADE…FOWLER…ASHLAND…MINNEOLA…
COLDWATER…PROTECTION…MEDICINE LODGE…KIOWA…SUN CITY
1220 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 /1120 AM MDT THU AUG 8 2013/

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON…

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS…SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS…SOUTHWEST
KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS…IN CENTRAL KANSAS…ELLIS AND RUSH. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS…BARBER…COMANCHE…EDWARDS…KIOWA…PAWNEE…PRATT
AND STAFFORD. IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS…CLARK…FINNEY…FORD…
GRANT…GRAY…HAMILTON…HASKELL…HODGEMAN…KEARNY…
MEADE…MORTON…SEWARD…STANTON AND STEVENS. IN WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS…LANE…NESS…SCOTT AND TREGO.

* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 0.5 INCHES PER HOUR
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE GROUND ACROSS
THIS AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS STORMS ALLOWING
WATER TO QUICKLY POND AND FLOW INTO DITCHES… CREEKS…AND
STREAMS. FLASHING FLOOD CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH NOON
ON FRIDAY.

* THE AREA MOST PRONE FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE SOUTHERN FORD AND
NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIE…WESTERN NESS COUNTY…AND FROM HAMILTON
COUNTY SOUTH TO MORTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.