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WGUS73 KGID 090746

FFSGID

KSC089-123-141-091230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

243 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

     JEWELL...OSBORNE AND MITCHELL



AT 241 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN FROM 15 MILES EAST OF SCOTTSVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF VICTOR...

OR FROM CONCORDIA TO 43 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA....MOVING EAST 

AT 30 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN ACROSS JEWELLL...MITCHELL AND OSBORNE COUNTIES.  THIS HEAVY 

RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE 

COUNTIES...AND RISES IN RIVERS IN STREAMS.  THE WHITE ROCK 

CREEK...LIMESTONE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...SALT CREEK AND THE TWIN CREEK 

WILL LIKELY BE RUNNING HIGH.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 3955 9903 3956 9850 3999 9849 4000 9794

      4000 9794 3922 9794 3921 9848 3913 9850

      3913 9903

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