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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

725 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)...



SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE... 

ENKELMAN...MAX...STRATTON AND TRENTON.



AT 720 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS 

HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS OF 5 

TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED OVER EASTERN DUNDY AND 

SOUTHWEST HITCHCOCK. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM HITCHCOCK COUNTY 

REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN 

HAS ENDED...FLASH FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING BECAUSE OF THE LARGE 

AMOUNT OF RAINFALL.



KNOW YOUR LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS THAT 

CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH 

RISING WATER. DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON 

FOOT. RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS...WASHES...ARROYOS...LOW SPOTS ON ROADS AND UNDERPASSES...AS

WELL AS LAND ALONG LOW LYING AREAS.



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LAT...LON 4025 10159 4002 10157 4002 10095 4027 10092



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