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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

916 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



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ROOKS KS-

916 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

ROOKS COUNTY...



AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY 

RAINFALL. 



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PALCO...ZURICH...AND WEBSTER 

STATE PARK...AND LOST CREEK. 



A TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNT OF THREE INCHES WAS RECORDED FROM PALCO AND 

2.52 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED IN WOODSTON. RADAR ESTIMATES 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN MUCH OF THE WARNED 

AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH ARE 

EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.



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 3942 9950 3954 9933 3934 9912 3926 9929

      3914 9950 3913 9959 3934 9959



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