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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

945 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THOMAS COUNTY OF KANSAS UNTIL

1045 PM CDT...

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

HALFORD.



EVEN THOUGH ALL STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THOMAS COUNTY... FLOODING 

REMAINS A CONCERN WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. WATER IN THE STREETS

WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE... HOWEVER LOW WATER CROSSING MAY CONTINUE TO 

BE A THREAT.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3936 10120 3923 10103 3939 10082 3953 10105



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