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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

655 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2007



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LOGAN KS-GOVE KS-

755 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN GOVE AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...



AT 752 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST GOVE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT RURAL 

AREAS OF SOUTHWEST GOVE COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 5 TO 7 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOGAN COUNTY INTO SOUTHWEST 

GOVE. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED INTO GOVE COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...FROM 630 AM CDT TO 730 AM CDT...THE RIVER GAGE SITE TWENTY 

TWO MILES SOUTH OF OAKLEY REPORTED THE SMOKY HILL RIVER HAD RISEN 

TWO FEET. THE CURRENT STAGE IS 6.5 FEET WHICH IS 2.5 FEET BELOW THE 

FLOOD STAGE.



THE COMBINATION OF THE CURRENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE WATER COMING 

DOWN THE RIVER FROM LOGAN COUNTY WILL CAUSE THE SMOKY HILL RIVER IN 

SOUTHWEST GOVE COUNTY TO RISE RAPIDLY. AT 750 AM CDT...THE LOGAN 

COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT COUNTY ROADS WERE BECOMING 

SLIPPERY AND HAD WATER RUNNING OVER THEM. THE ROADS AFFECTED WERE 

FROM COUNTY ROAD S TO F.



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.



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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