Monday, June 20, 2011

Flash Flood Warning: 1:43 p.m.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
143 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/

* AT 141 PM CDT/1241 PM MDT/...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EDSON...GOODLAND...KANORADO...MINGO...MONUMENT...OAKLEY...
RULETON...RUSSELL SPRINGS...SHARON SPRINGS...WALLACE...WESKAN AND
WINONA.

WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROADS IN NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY NORTH OF
RUSSELL SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 OR IN A VEHICLE.

VLE-B

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