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000 

WGUS73 KGLD 190232

FFSGLD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

829 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007



COC125-190400-

YUMA CO-

829 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007



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

SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...



AT 828 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR OVER A 

LARGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY. THE AREA OF HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 

ALONG AND SOUTH A LINE FROM 4 MILES WEST OF JOES ON HIGHWAY 59 TO 

JOES. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE 

HIGHWAY...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL 

BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 59 WEST OF JOES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3971 10280 3960 10280 3957 10263 3963 10262



$$

JRM

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000 

WGUS73 KGLD 190232

FFSGLD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

829 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007



COC125-190400-

YUMA CO-

829 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007



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

SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...



AT 828 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR OVER A 

LARGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY. THE AREA OF HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 

ALONG AND SOUTH A LINE FROM 4 MILES WEST OF JOES ON HIGHWAY 59 TO 

JOES. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE 

HIGHWAY...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL 

BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 59 WEST OF JOES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3971 10280 3960 10280 3957 10263 3963 10262



$$

JRM

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