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WGUS53 KGLD 220300

FFWGLD

KSC199-220600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

857 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT



* AT 853 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A            

THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY. THE STORM            

PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



THE PUBLIC REPORTED COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER IN NUMEROUS PLACES 

ACROSS SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTY WEST OF HIGHWAY 27. DOPPLER RADAR 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN WEST OF HIGHWAY 27 

ACROSS SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTY.



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.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3882 10204 3870 10204 3870 10164 3881 10165



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MCGUIRE

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000 

WGUS53 KGLD 220300

FFWGLD

KSC199-220600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

857 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT



* AT 853 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A            

THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY. THE STORM            

PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



THE PUBLIC REPORTED COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER IN NUMEROUS PLACES 

ACROSS SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTY WEST OF HIGHWAY 27. DOPPLER RADAR 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN WEST OF HIGHWAY 27 

ACROSS SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTY.



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.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3882 10204 3870 10204 3870 10164 3881 10165



$$



MCGUIRE

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