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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

819 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT



* AT 815 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS INDICATED BY A THUNDERSTORM 7   

  MILES NORTH OF SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. DURING  

  THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN   

  MANY AREAS OF THE COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. AFTER MODERATE     

  RAINS LAST NIGHT THE GROUND IS CONDUCIVE TO RUNOFF FROM THE        

  CURRENT HEAVY RAINS.



* THE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  RURAL NORTHERN WALLACE COUNTY AROUND 830 PM MDT...

  RURAL NORTHEASTERN WALLACE COUNTY AROUND 940 PM MDT...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3873 10202 3872 10154 3908 10151 3910 10203



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