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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1119 PM MDT WED JUL 18 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY FOR NORTON COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING...



NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTON COUNTY PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL.  AT 1215 AM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN 

NORTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED OVER AND AROUND 

NORTON RESERVOIR.



THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE 

NIGHT...POSSIBLY PRODUCING ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. 

THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 615 AM CDT.



THE MOST LIKELY STREAMS TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING ARE PRAIRIE DOG CREEK 

AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS WHICH FLOW INTO NORTON RESERVOIR.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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