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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

1016 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  MODERATE RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER LOGAN COUNTY. SEVERAL STORMS HAVE 

  AND CONTINUE TO PASS ACROSS THE COUNTY PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 

  UP TO AN INCH AN  HOUR IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. MORE CAN BE      

  EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS 

  FROM SCATTERED RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS MAKE SOME FLASH     

  FLOODING LIKELY. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      

  WINONA AND MONUMENT. ALSO HIGHWAYS 40 AND 83 ARE PRONE TO FLASH    

  FLOODING IN LOW AREAS. 



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GOODLAND.



LAT...LON 3910 10145 3873 10144 3873 10086 3910 10085



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