Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

Issued

Jun 15, 2004, 8:03 PM MDT (02:03 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 2004, 11:00 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Goodland, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greeley County, KS

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WGUS53 KGLD 160206
FFWGLD
KSC071-160500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
803 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT

* AT 758 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS INDICATED FROM A THUNDERSTORM   
  4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORACE. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING    
  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN      
  HAS FALLEN IN AREAS OF THE COUNTY IN THE LAST ONE TO ONE AND A     
  HALF HOURS. AT 800 PM MDT THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A FOOT OF 
  WATER ON HIGHWAY 96 IN THE TRIBUNE AREA.

* THE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
  2 MILES NORTHWEST OF HORACE AROUND 845 PM MDT...
  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRIBUNE AROUND 855 PM MDT...

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 3867 10203 3828 10204 3828 10159 3866 10161

$$

RJC

000 
WGUS73 KGLD 160433
FFSGLD
KSC071-160500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1027 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR GREELEY
COUNTY...

AT 1025 PM MDT...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN GREELEY COUNTY AND 
MOVED TO THE EAST. SOME STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING WAS REPORTED 
EARLIER IN AND NEAR TRIBUNE AND UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS 
INDICATED TO HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY. COMMUNICATIONS 
HAVE BEEN POOR TO NIL WITH THE COUNTY OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS SO 
FURTHER INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE. SINCE THE POTENTIAL OF 
ONGOING FLOODING STILL EXISTS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 
CONTINUE UNTIL 1100 PM MDT.

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

LAT...LON 3867 10203 3828 10204 3828 10159 3866 10161

$$

RJC

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