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COC125-052330-

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

234 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...WAUNETA...VERNON...

  LAIRD...HEARTSTRONG...ECKLEY...CLARKVILLE...BEECHER ISLAND...

  ALVIN...ABARR...



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 233 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT

  FLASH FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF YUMA. 



AT THIS TIME...NO OTHER FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE 

REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY. ALSO...NO RAINFALL IS 

OCCURING OVER THE COUNTY AT THE MOMENT. HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

FROM LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER TODAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND. THE 

EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT ALL DITCHES AND FIELDS AROUND YUMA 

ARE FULL OF WATER. HE REPORTS THAT ANY ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY

RAINFALL WILL IMMEDIATELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AS A RESULT 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... 

HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3977 10278 4043 10277 4042 10206 4033 10207

      4018 10206 4002 10205 4002 10204 3982 10207

TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 229DEG 13KT 4047 10153



$$



BULLER

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000 

WGUS53 KGLD 052042

FFWGLD

COC125-052330-

/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0012.080605T2034Z-080605T2330Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

234 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...WAUNETA...VERNON...

  LAIRD...HEARTSTRONG...ECKLEY...CLARKVILLE...BEECHER ISLAND...

  ALVIN...ABARR...



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 233 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT

  FLASH FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF YUMA. 



AT THIS TIME...NO OTHER FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE 

REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY. ALSO...NO RAINFALL IS 

OCCURING OVER THE COUNTY AT THE MOMENT. HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

FROM LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER TODAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND. THE 

EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT ALL DITCHES AND FIELDS AROUND YUMA 

ARE FULL OF WATER. HE REPORTS THAT ANY ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY

RAINFALL WILL IMMEDIATELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AS A RESULT 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... 

HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3977 10278 4043 10277 4042 10206 4033 10207

      4018 10206 4002 10205 4002 10204 3982 10207

TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 229DEG 13KT 4047 10153



$$



BULLER

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