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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

616 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS...

  SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 611 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE MONUMENT ROCKS. THE

  STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  THE MONUMENT ROCKS BY 705 AM CDT...



RADAR ESTIMATES NEAR 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THIS AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH 

THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS MOVING ALONG THE SMOKY HILL RIVER SOUTH OF 

OAKLEY. THE RIVER GAGE TWENTY MILES SOUTH OF OAKLEY HAS SHOWN THE 

RIVER RISING DUE TO THIS RAINFALL. AT THIS TIME...THE RIVER IS STILL 

BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 9 FEET. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS ALONG THE SMOKY 

HILL RIVER FROM SOUTHEAST LOGAN INTO SOUTHERN GOVE SHOULD EXPECT A 

CONTINUED RISE OF THE RIVER. 



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GOODLAND.



LAT...LON 3891 10078 3877 10094 3870 10081 3870 10036

      3889 10041



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