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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

654 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 651 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY        

  RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THOMAS COUNTY AT 25 MPH. HAM

  RADIO SPOTTERS REPORT THAT AT LEAST 12 TO 14 INCHES OF WATER WAS

  MOVING ACROSS SEVERAL STREETS IN COLBY. ALSO SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT

  WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH WAS RUNNING ACROSS HIGHWAY 25 TEN MILES NORTH

  OF COLBY. THIS ROAD MAY BE IMPASSABLE.



* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE...COLBY...GEM...

  HALFORD...LEVANT...MINGO AND REXFORD.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE OF

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING

THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.



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