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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

928 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF GOVE...

DECATUR...NORTON...RED WILLOW...SHERIDAN...THOMAS...LOGAN...GRAHAM...

AND RAWLINS UNTIL 400 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA. EARLIER OVER

FAR EASTERN COLORADO AND EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS...THESE STORMS

PRODUCED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. THESE

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIMILAR RAINFALL RATES

AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS

STILL POSSIBLE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS DUE TO THIS ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK

ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY 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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