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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1209 AM MDT SUN AUG 28 2005



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NORTON KS-

109 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN

NORTON COUNTY...



AT 101 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTON COUNTY HAD RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 6 

INCHES OF RAINFALL TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

CENTERED OVER HIGHWAY 283 AROUND 8 MILES EAST OF LENORA.



RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED FROM EARLIER...BUT HOURLY RATES UP TO A 

QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 230 AM CDT 

THIS MORNING. 



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GOODLAND.



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

      3976 9993



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