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WGUS73 KGLD 090841

FFSGLD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

238 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008



NEC087-091100-

/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080809T1100Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

HITCHCOCK NE-

338 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY...



AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED IN 

EXCESS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE BLACKWOOD 

CREEK. THIS LARGE OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND 

IS LIKELY CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLOODING ALONG THE BLACKWOOD CREEK. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...ANYONE ALONG THE BLACKWOOD CREEK 

NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34 SHOULD HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS



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.





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



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