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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

558 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008



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SHERIDAN KS-GOVE KS-

658 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR GOVE

AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES...



AT 654 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TASCO...

SELDEN...SEGUIN...QUINTER...PARK...HOXIE...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD AND

ANGELUS



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.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING

FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST

NEBRASKA.



LAT...LON 3955 10070 3954 10018 3871 10017 3871 10074

TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 180DEG 0KT 3897 10049



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