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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

846 PM MDT SUN JUL 21 2002



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR

THOMAS COUNTY OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS

MUCH OF THOMAS COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FROM THE COLBY

AREA EASTWARD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST

AT 10 MPH AND SHOULD PERSIST FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO BEFORE

DISSIPATING. RADAR AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES ACROSS THE AREA.



MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG I-70 AND ON LOW LYING STREETS OF COLBY

SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RUN OFF IN LOW LYING AREAS FOR THE NEXT HOUR

OR TWO.



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

IMMEDIATELY.



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