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WGUS73 KGID 012130

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

426 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



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SMITH KS-JEWELL KS-

426 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



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

WESTERN JEWELL AND SMITH COUNTIES...



AT 421 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING ALL OF CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY AND WESTERN JEWELL COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMITH

CENTER...MANKATO...LEBANON...KENSINGTON...IONIA...GAYLORD...ESBON...

CEDAR...BURR OAK...BELLAIRE AND ATHOL



THE PUBLIC REPORTED 3.90 INCHES OF RAIN IN LEBANON AND FLASH 

FLOODING AS A RESULT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL IN 

EXCESS OF 5 INCHES IS LIKELY TO HAVE FALLEN IN CENTRAL SMITH 

COUNTY....NEAR BELLAIRE AND SMITH CENTER. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ON THE SPRING CREEK...BEAVER CREEK AND OAK CREEK. 

SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE LIKELY ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE SOLOMON RIVER 

NEAR GAYLORD AND PORTIS AS THIS WATER POURS INTO THE RIVER. 



AN ADDITIONAL FLOODING RISK IS STILL POSSIBLE IN WESTERN JEWELL 

COUNTY...ALTHOUGH THIS AFTERNOONS RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN AS HEAVY. 

THE LITTLE OAK CREEK AND THE LIMESTONE CREEK BASINS WOULD BE THE 

MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. 



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE DOZENS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. 



LAT...LON 3956 9905 3956 9820 3999 9820 3998 9906



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