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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

903 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...STRATTON NE...CULBERTSON...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 859 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. WATER WAS RUNNING OVER   

  THE ROAD IN EXTREME NORTHWEST HITCHCOCK COUNTY...SOUTH OF HAMLET   

  NEAR THE HITCHCOCK AND HAYES COUNTY LINE. SLOW MOVING              

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE COUNTY...WITH RAINFALL  

  RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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LAT...LON 4000 10076 4000 10132 4035 10132 4034 10075



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