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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

518 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 815 PM MDT



* AT 514 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF 

  SHARON SPRINGS ON HIGHWAY 27. ALSO AT 514 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT 

  REPORTED PARTS OF THE HIGHWAY WERE UNDER WATER. RADAR ESTIMATES UP 

  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN RURAL AREAS NORTH OF SHARON 

  SPRINGS...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE 

  IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3892 10184 3892 10159 3896 10151 3911 10150

      3910 10180



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