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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

522 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODSTON...

  WEBSTER STATE PARK AND STOCKTON. ALL OF ROOKS COUNTY IN INCLUDED. 



THERE HAVE BEEN MANY AREAS OF ROOKS COUNTY WHICH HAVE RECEIVED 

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THE PAST WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA 

THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WILL DUMP 2 TO 3 INCHES OF MORE 

RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE EXTREMELY HEAVY...GENERALLY 1 TO 2 

INCHES AN HOUR. THE ROOKS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 0.80 OF RAIN IN 

WOODSTON SINCE 440 PM. 



IT APPEARS THE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING RISK WILL BE HEIGHTENED 

THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD 

BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. 



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.



LAT...LON 3913 9959 3915 9904 3955 9906 3956 9960



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