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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1127 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER    

  SOUTH CENTRAL NORTON COUNTY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  EDMOND AROUND 1135 PM CDT...

  DENSMORE AROUND 1155 PM CDT...



RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2.0 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST HOUR 

ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY...FROM JUST EAST OF LENORA EXTENDING EASTWARD

TO THE PHILLIPS COUNTY BORDER. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 9 AND HIGHWAY 

283 IN SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 3962 10003 3957 9989 3957 9964 3980 9965

      3976 9993



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