BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 940 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 330 AM MDT * AT 938 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT 2 TO NEAR 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ARAPAHOE...AROYA...BETHUNE...BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS...EDSON... FIRSTVIEW...FLAGLER...GOODLAND...KANORADO...KIT CARSON...RULETON... SEIBERT...SHARON SPRINGS...STRATTON...VONA...WALLACE...WESKAN AND WILD HORSE. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNINGS THAT WERE IN AFFECT FOR THESE FOUR COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EVEN THOUGH THE RAINFALL MAY NOT BE AS HEAVY...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN! TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GOODLAND. && LAT...LON 3957 10316 3956 10139 3916 10139 3914 10140 3913 10148 3871 10149 3870 10205 3862 10206 3862 10318 $$ BULLER
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 06:35:28 +0000
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