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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1156 PM MDT WED SEP 24 2008

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1256 AM CDT THU SEP 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...QUINTER...PARK...GRAINFIELD...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1248 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 
INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST GOVE COUNTY. A SPOTTER JUST WEST OF PARK 
REPORTED SIX INCHES AND 61 HUNDREDTHS OF RAINFALL THIS EVENING.   

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RUN OFF INTO BIG CREEK AND THE SALINE RIVER. 
RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THESE RIVERS NEED TO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN RISES 
IN THOSE RIVERS AS WELL AS OTHER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN NORTHEAST 
GOVE COUNTY. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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 FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3912 10050 3912 10016 3893 10015 3898 10054

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STASSER