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000 

WGUS73 KGID 080213

FFSGID



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

859 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



KSC089-080530-

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JEWELL KS-

859 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR

JEWELL COUNTY...



AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THAT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS JEWELL COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



SOME BASINS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BEAN CREEK...WHITE ROCK 

CREEK...SPRING CREEK...TROUBLESOME CREEK...PORCUPINE 

CREEK...LIMESTONE CREEK...AND ELM CREEK.



A MEASURED TOTAL OF 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 6 MILES NORTH OF 

MANKATO...AND 3.2 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED IN MANKATO. 



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

IN A WIDE SWATH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN 

INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE 

EVENING. 



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



$$



HEINLEIN

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000 

WGUS73 KGID 080213

FFSGID



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

859 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



KSC089-080530-

/O.CON.KGID.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080708T0530Z/

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

JEWELL KS-

859 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR

JEWELL COUNTY...



AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THAT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS JEWELL COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



SOME BASINS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BEAN CREEK...WHITE ROCK 

CREEK...SPRING CREEK...TROUBLESOME CREEK...PORCUPINE 

CREEK...LIMESTONE CREEK...AND ELM CREEK.



A MEASURED TOTAL OF 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 6 MILES NORTH OF 

MANKATO...AND 3.2 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED IN MANKATO. 



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

IN A WIDE SWATH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN 

INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE 

EVENING. 



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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