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WGUS73 KGLD 180002

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

557 PM MDT MON SEP 17 2007



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NORTON KS-GRAHAM KS-

657 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTIES...



AT 640 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

EDMOND...DENSMORE...AND HILL CITY.



UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THOUGH THE STRONGEST 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LEFT THE AREA...ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP TO 

HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3945 9998 3933 9988 3944 9961 3975 9963

      3974 9981



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