Alertes en vigueur Acres, KS

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flooddeaths occur in vehicles.Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can becomeunstable and unsafe.Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or lawenforcement and request they pass this information to the NationalWeather Service when you can do so safely.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.* WHERE...A portion of southwest Kansas, including the followingcounties, Clark, Ford and Gray.* WHEN...Until 1045 PM CDT Sunday.* IMPACTS...Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff fromearlier rainfall. Expect many areas of slow moving or standingwater.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...- At 1045 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gaugesindicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms early this morning.Flooding is ongoing in the warned area. Between 3 and 5inches of rain have fallen.- This areal flood warning replaces the flash flood warningwhich was previously in effect for portions of Ford and ClarkCounty.- Some locations that will experience flooding include...Dodge City, Cimarron, Montezuma, Ashland, Bucklin,Spearville, Copeland, Ingalls, Ford, Ensign, Bloom,Charleston, Sitka, Ft. Dodge, Wright, Kingsdown, Howell,Clark State Lake, The Haggard Elev and Windhorst.- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood