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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

900 PM MDT MON AUG 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT



* AT 857 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHARON SPRINGS. THE STORMS PRODUCING       

  FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALLACE AROUND 1020 PM MDT...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO SEVERAL INCHES MAY OCCUR FROM 

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE EVENING AND NIGHT IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3911 10200 3873 10202 3871 10152 3909 10151



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