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WGUS73 KGLD 050457

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1051 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008



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YUMA CO-

1051 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM MDT FOR

NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY...



AT 1050 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

FLOODING IN YUMA. 



NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...A CHANCE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. EARLIER...DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF TWO TO ALMOST FIVE INCHES HAD OCCURRED OVER THE 

NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34.



FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN YUMA...AND SURROUNDING LOW LYING 

AREAS AND FIELDS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME STREAMS IN THE AREA 

HAVE SHOWN A SLIGHT RISE IN THE LAST FEW HOURS OVER THE REMAINDER OF 

THE WARNED AREA. IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL RISES IN AREA 

STREAMS. THE ONGOING FLOODING SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSESED. 

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS COULD BE ISSUED DURING 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GOODLAND.



LAT...LON 4043 10205 4004 10205 4004 10280 4026 10279

      4037 10233 4043 10222

TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 180DEG 0KT 4015 10245



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000 

WGUS73 KGLD 050457

FFSGLD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1051 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008



COC125-050815-

/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080605T0815Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

YUMA CO-

1051 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM MDT FOR

NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY...



AT 1050 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

FLOODING IN YUMA. 



NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...A CHANCE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. EARLIER...DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF TWO TO ALMOST FIVE INCHES HAD OCCURRED OVER THE 

NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34.



FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN YUMA...AND SURROUNDING LOW LYING 

AREAS AND FIELDS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME STREAMS IN THE AREA 

HAVE SHOWN A SLIGHT RISE IN THE LAST FEW HOURS OVER THE REMAINDER OF 

THE WARNED AREA. IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL RISES IN AREA 

STREAMS. THE ONGOING FLOODING SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSESED. 

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS COULD BE ISSUED DURING 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GOODLAND.



LAT...LON 4043 10205 4004 10205 4004 10280 4026 10279

      4037 10233 4043 10222

TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 180DEG 0KT 4015 10245



$$



BULLER

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