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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1027 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR GREELEY

COUNTY...



AT 1025 PM MDT...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN GREELEY COUNTY AND 

MOVED TO THE EAST. SOME STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

EARLIER IN AND NEAR TRIBUNE AND UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS 

INDICATED TO HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY. COMMUNICATIONS 

HAVE BEEN POOR TO NIL WITH THE COUNTY OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS SO 

FURTHER INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE. SINCE THE POTENTIAL OF 

ONGOING FLOODING STILL EXISTS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 

CONTINUE UNTIL 1100 PM MDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GOODLAND.



LAT...LON 3867 10203 3828 10204 3828 10159 3866 10161



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