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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

538 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26

  MILES EAST OF DOWNS TO 21 MILES SOUTH OF OSBORNE...OR ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA TO 53 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.  THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SOLOMON RIVER 

ALONG WITH COVERT CREEK WILL BE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO FLASH 

FLOODING AS RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THIS BASIN.



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.



LAT...LON 3955 9854 3953 9902 3917 9902 3916 9850



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