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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

845 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008



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NORTON KS-GRAHAM KS-

945 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

GRAHAM AND NORTON COUNTIES...



AT 941 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

NORTON...NEW ALMELO...LENORA...EDMOND...DENSMORE...CALVERT AND ALMENA



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 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.



LAT...LON 4000 10018 4000 9963 3914 9961 3913 10015

TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 180DEG 0KT 3949 9996



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