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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

159 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STUDLEY...SAINT PETER...PENOKEE...

  MORLAND...HILL CITY...BOGUE...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR     

  ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND 5 MILES TO THE   

  NORTH OF MORLAND...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED. A LARGE AREA 

  OF HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER AN AREA WHICH FEEDS INTO THE SOUTH   

  FORK OF THE SOLOMON RIVER. THIS LARGE AREA OF RUNOFF WILL CREATE   

  RAPID RISES IN THIS AREA...WHICH MAY IMPACT THE HILL CITY AREA.    

  THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE AREAL FLOOD WARNING FOR      

  GRAHAM COUNTY.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3956 9960 3945 9960 3913 9961 3913 10016

      3954 10016



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