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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1128 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHEELER...ST. FRANCIS...



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 1025 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL 

  RATES TO AROUND 2 INCHES AN HOUR...NEAR HALE IN SOUTHEAST YUMA     

  COUNTY. THIS STORM IS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST. RAPID RUNOFF FROM 

  THIS STORM WILL FLOW INTO THE SOUTH FLOW IF THE REPUBLICAN RIVER   

  AND WILL CREATE RAPID RISES AND FLOODING DOWNSTREAM OF THE         

  STORM...POSSIBLE REACHING THE SAINT FRANCIS AREA OVERNIGHT.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3991 10165 3965 10160 3957 10204 3975 10204

      3976 10205 3980 10205



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