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WGUS73 KGLD 091837

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1229 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008



NEC087-145-092245-

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HITCHCOCK NE-RED WILLOW NE-

129 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

545 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL RED WILLOW AND NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK 

COUNTIES...



AT 129 PM CDT...FLOOD WATERS WERE MOVING DOWN BLACKWOOD CREEK FROM 

SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY TO RURAL NORTHEAST HITCHCOCK COUNTY. AT LEAST 

TWO HOMES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY RISING WATER LEVELS ALONG BLACKWOOD 

CREEK. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES HAVE RECEIVED 

DAMAGE FROM FLOODING.



AT 1115 AM CDT...AN EARTHEN DAM WAS BREACHED IN SOUTHERN HAYES 

COUNTY. AT 130 PM CDT...THE BREACH WAS ESTIMATED AT 12 FEET WIDE. 

FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG BLACKWOOD CREEK. 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.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4034 10082 4023 10078 4019 10061 4017 10065

      4022 10081 4034 10091



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