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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

207 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008



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CHEYENNE KS-

307 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY...



AT 302 AM CDT...RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT RUN 

OFF FROM VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE SOUTH FORK OF THE REPUBLICAN RIVER HAS 

RISEN 9 FEET OVERNIGHT AT SAINT FRANCIS. FLOODING IS LIKELY UPSTREAM 

OF THE SAINT FRANCIS AREA...AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHEELER AND

ST. FRANCIS



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.



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.



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

      3976 10205 3980 10205



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