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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

923 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEBSTER

  STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG. THE STORM

  PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DAMAR AND WEBSTER LAKE.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ALONG 

AND NORTH OF THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SOLOMON RIVER BETWEEN STOCKTON 

AND NICODEMUS.  THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SOLOMON WILL BE EXTREMELY 

VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.



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.



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 3927 9959 3930 9926 3956 9929 3956 9959



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