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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1006 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1000 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY    

  RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING 3.5      

  INCHES OF RAIN IN STOCKTON. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODSTON...

  WEBSTER STATE PARK AND STOCKTON. EXPECT RISES ALONG THE SOUTH FORK 

  OF THE SOLOMON RIVER...AS WELL AS ALONG LOST CREEK...BOXELDER      

  CREEK...ELM CREEK...AND MEDICINE CREEK. 



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE 

EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS STORMS REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY 

ACROSS THE 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3913 9959 3914 9906 3956 9906 3955 9960



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