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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1257 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY.



IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

     OSBORNE



AT 1253 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR CODELL OF ROOKS COUNTY AND EMMERAM OF ELLIS 

COUNTY...OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG....MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 40 MPH.



RADAR AND OBSERVER REPORTS INDICATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

RAPIDLY RUN OFF...AND MAINTAIN FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...URBAN 

AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS ACROSS SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY.

 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAD BEEN REPORTED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS TONIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

 

TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 3953 9906 3912 9901 3914 9850 3956 9847

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