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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1100 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

     ROOKS



AT 1058 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER ROOKS COUNTY...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 183 AND 

MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 

AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  

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

WESTERN PORTIONS OF ROOKS COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24.  THIS WILL 

MAKE THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SOLOMON VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING 

THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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 3953 9925 3956 9958 3919 9959 3917 9919



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