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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

702 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 702 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING OVER ST.

  FRANCIS...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF ST. FRANCIS...MOVING EAST AT 10

  MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE...WHEELER...ST. FRANCIS

  AND BIRD CITY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 27 

3 MILES SOUTH OF WHEELER.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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