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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

611 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATWOOD...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 608 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.  RAINFALL

  RATES OF AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE

  STRONGER STORMS.  THE INDICATED RIVER STAGE HEIGHT ON THE BEAVER

  CREEK AT LUDELL CONTINUED TO HOVER AROUND 10.1 FEET.  FLOOD STAGE

  AT THIS LOCATION IS 9.0 FEET.



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

  HERNDON...BLAKEMAN AND BEARDSLEY



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3958 10139 3958 10075 3999 10074 4000 10140



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