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WGUS53 KGLD 090758

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

256 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CULBERTSON...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG THE BLACKWOOD CREEK...WITH 

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF MORE RAIN POSSIBLE. FLOODING WILL BE    

  POSSIBLE ALONG BLACKWOOD CREEK FROM THE COUNTY LINE TO CULBERTSON.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 4034 10075 4021 10076 4021 10102 4034 10107



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