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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

630 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 629 PM CDT...HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER

  THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEBBER...

  MONTROSE...MANKATO...LOVEWELL STATE PARK AND FORMOSO



SOME CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE TROUBLESOME...LIMESTONE...AND 

PORCUPINE. 



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN

THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 

ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO 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.



LAT...LON 3978 9850 3989 9826 4000 9793 3957 9794

      3957 9850



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