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000 

WGUS73 KGLD 180138

FFSGLD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

731 PM MDT THU AUG 17 2006



COC017-180245-

CHEYENNE CO-

731 PM MDT THU AUG 17 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY...



AT 729 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN ACROSS CHEYENNE COUNTY. 

ALTHOUGH STORMS ARE WEAKENING...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALONG A LINE 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF KIT 

CARSON TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF ARAPAHOE. TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED 3 TO 

4 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROADS 12 MILES SOUTH OF 

ARAPAHOE...AND MEASURED 3.12 INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS AREA. ALTHOUGH 

RAIN IS BEGINNING TO LESSEN...WATER MAY STILL BE RUNNING OVER 

ROADWAYS AND LOW SPOTS FOR UP TO AN HOUR AFTER THE RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KIT CARSON



THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 143.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND A HALF OF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3862 10281 3862 10203 3870 10204 3873 10234

      3890 10280



$$



JRM

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000 

WGUS73 KGLD 180138

FFSGLD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

731 PM MDT THU AUG 17 2006



COC017-180245-

CHEYENNE CO-

731 PM MDT THU AUG 17 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY...



AT 729 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN ACROSS CHEYENNE COUNTY. 

ALTHOUGH STORMS ARE WEAKENING...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALONG A LINE 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF KIT 

CARSON TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF ARAPAHOE. TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED 3 TO 

4 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROADS 12 MILES SOUTH OF 

ARAPAHOE...AND MEASURED 3.12 INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS AREA. ALTHOUGH 

RAIN IS BEGINNING TO LESSEN...WATER MAY STILL BE RUNNING OVER 

ROADWAYS AND LOW SPOTS FOR UP TO AN HOUR AFTER THE RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KIT CARSON



THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 143.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND A HALF OF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3862 10281 3862 10203 3870 10204 3873 10234

      3890 10280



$$



JRM

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