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WGUS73 KGLD 241422

FFSGLD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

818 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007



NEC087-241530-

HITCHCOCK NE-

918 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR

HITCHCOCK COUNTY...



AT 914 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF CULBERTSON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF HITCHCOCK COUNTY.



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 4001 10131 4001 10075 4033 10077 4034 10132



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