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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

440 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DUNDY AND HITCHCOCK COUNTIES 

OF NEBRASKA UNTIL 930 PM CDT (830 PM MDT)...



AT 330 PM MDT (430 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT 

TO MODERATE RAINFALL OVER EASTERN DUNDY COUNTY AND WESTERN HITCHCOCK 

COUNTY. 



SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE... 

BENKELMAN...MAX...STRATTON AND TRENTON.



AT 315 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS 

RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 34 IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHICH HAS MADE THE 

HIGHWAY IMPASSABLE. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO SAID THAT A BRIDGE BETWEEN 

MAX AND BENKELMAN IS GETTING CLOSE TO GETTING WASHED AWAY. IN 

HITCHCOCK COUNTY...A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER WAS RUNNING OVER 

HIGHWAY 25 IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.



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.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN

GOODLAND.



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LAT...LON 4024 10159 4001 10156 4002 10094 4026 10092



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