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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

902 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELOIT...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST

  OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ASHERVILLE...SIMPSON AND SCOTTSVILLE



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.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY.  AN ADDITION 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL MAKE THE SOLOMON 

RIVER AND PLUM CREEK VULNERABLE TO FLASH 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 3921 9826 3922 9793 3956 9792 3956 9824



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