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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

432 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  WESTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT



* AT 432 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER ARAPAHOE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST

  OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE...ARAPAHOE AND WESKAN.



A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL 

NORTH OF ARAPAHOE IN 8 MINUTES NEAR 4 PM MDT. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AT 425 PM MDT THAT THEY HAD JUST 

RECEIVED A REPORT OF WATER RUNNING ACROSS HIGHWAY 40 NEAR ARAPAHOE. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IF 

YOU ARE NEAR ARAPAHOE COLORADO OR WESKAN KANSAS...OR LIVE NEAR THOSE 

AREAS IN A FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER 

GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS 

FLOWING. THE RAINFALL IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME RISE THE 

SMOKY HILL RIVER AND IN SURROUNDING CREEKS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. 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.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

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

GOODLAND.



LAT...LON 3868 10233 3871 10187 3909 10187 3904 10209

          3903 10234



RJC



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