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WGUS73 KGLD 190205

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

805 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007



COC125-190400-

YUMA CO-

805 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...



AT 800 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

HEAVY RAIN FROM AN AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS          

SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS     

FALLEN OVER THE LAST HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOES.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3971 10280 3957 10280 3957 10263 3963 10262



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