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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

637 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007



NEC057-087-300530-

DUNDY NE-HITCHCOCK NE-

637 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM MDT(1230 AM

CDT) FOR HITCHCOCK AND DUNDY COUNTIES...





AT  638 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE FRENCHMAN CREEK NEAR 

PALISADE WAS RUNNING OVER A BRIDGE NEAR HIGHWAY 25. SEVERAL COUNTY 

ROADS WERE ALSO REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT NEAR PALISADE.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING OF THE BLACKWOOD CREEK HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED UPSTREAM...AND THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM INTO 

HITCHCOCK COUNTY. CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY FLOOD 

RAPIDLY...WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. IF YOU ARE NEAR A CREEK OR 

DRAINAGE AREA AND WATER BEGINS TO RISE...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRENTON AND

CULBERTSON



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 4000 10203 4000 10076 4033 10077 4036 10205



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JRM

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