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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

738 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008



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YUMA CO-

738 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR YUMA

COUNTY...



AT 737 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL.



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

WRAY...WAUNETA...VERNON...LAIRD...HEARTSTRONG...ECKLEY...

CLARKVILLE...BEECHER ISLAND AND ALVIN



AT 735 PM MDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR YUMA COUNTY REPORTED THAT 

THE RETAINING PONDS IN THE TOWN WERE BECOMING FULL ONCE AGAIN. ONCE 

CAPACITY HAS BEEN REACHED...FLOODING SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT WILL 

OCCUR. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 

ANOTHER ONE TO TWO HOURS...AND WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING 

IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF YUMA. 



EVEN AFTER THE RAINFALL ENDS...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. AT THIS 

TIME...NO OTHER FLASH FLOOD REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. HOWEVER...THE

CURRENT RAINFALL COULD STILL CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE 

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4042 10206 3959 10205 3958 10279 4042 10278

TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 180DEG 0KT 3986 10238



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