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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1028 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1027 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A LINE OF SLOW MOVING           

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALL OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE   

  COUNTY.        



RADAR ESTIMATES 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 5 MILES TO THE WEST OF 

OBERLIN. A LARGE AREA OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS ALSO OCCURRED FROM 11 

MILES WEST OF OBERLIN TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF OBERLIN. ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES SHOULD BE EXPECTED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... 

HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GOODLAND.



LAT...LON 3968 10073 3968 10018 3999 10018 3999 10073



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