WGUS43 KGID 221346 FLWGID BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 846 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008 KSC183-231345- /O.NEW.KGID.FA.W.0051.081022T1346Z-081023T1345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 846 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 845 AM CDT THURSDAY * AT 839 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SMITH COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES AND COOP OBSERVERS HAVE CONFIRMED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING THROUGHOUT SMITH COUNTY. THE NORTH FORK OF THE SOLOMON RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FLOOD. IN ADDITION...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CEDAR...BEAVER...SPRING...CORA...AND OAK CREEKS A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN! LAT...LON 3956 9906 3999 9906 3999 9850 3956 9851 $$ WESELY