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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1004 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 100 AM MDT



* AT 1004 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER      

  HALE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. FRANCIS. NATIONAL WEATHER

  SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED IN    

  THIS AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.             

  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING IN FROM WEST.



* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE...HALE AND BONNY

  RESERVOIR.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR

LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY

FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE EXPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS...OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.



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