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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

944 PM CDT WED SEP 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...QUINTER...PARK...GRAINFIELD...



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN QUINTER AND GRAINFIELD.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL 

GOVE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THIS AREA...THE 

INTENSITY HAS TENDED TO DECREASE. NONETHELESS...IT WILL BE SEVERAL 

MORE HOURS BEFORE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAIN ENDS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3913 10059 3912 10016 3895 10015 3896 10058



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