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000 

WGUS53 KGLD 091653

FFWGLD

NEC087-145-092245-

/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0030.080809T1645Z-080809T2245Z/

/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1145 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE IN...

  NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CULBERTSON...

  NORTHWESTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 1145 AM CDT...AN EARTHEN DAM WAS FAILING ALONG THE HAYES AND    

  HITCHCOCK COUNTY LINE ALONG BLACKWOOD CREEK ON OLD HIGHWAY 17      

  NORTH OF CULBERTSON.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE RURAL NORTHEAST HITCHCOCK COUNTY.



AN EARTHEN DAM ON THE BLACKWOOD CREEK UPSTREAM FROM CULBERTSON HAS 

GIVEN WAY AND HIGH WATERS ARE NOW MOVING TOWARD RURAL NORTHEAST 

HITCHCOCK COUNTY. AREAS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM ALONG BLACKWOOD CREEK 

SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS 

IMMEDIATELY.



PEOPLE BELOW THE DAM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION BY MONITORING LOCAL

RADIO OR TELEVISION AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANY REQUIRED

EVACUATION AS OUTLINED BY LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BLACKWOOD CREEK FROM THE HAYS AND 

HITCHCOCK COUNTY LINE TO IMMEDIATELY EAST OF CULBERTSON NEAR HIGHWAY 

6.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4035 10061 4011 10062 4010 10092 4034 10103



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