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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

844 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



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PHILLIPS KS-ROOKS KS-

844 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

NORTHERN ROOKS AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...



AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN ROOKS 

AND SOUTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

SPEED...PRAIRIE VIEW...PHILLIPSBURG...LOGAN...KIRWIN...GLADE AND 

AGRA.



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.



LAT...LON 3982 9962 3998 9907 3957 9906 3956 9904

      3943 9904 3927 9960

TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 180DEG 0KT 3948 9958



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