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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
921 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.
* AT 921 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTON, ALMENA, NORCATUR, CALVERT AND REAGER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
DEER CREEK, BIG TIMBER CREEK, TIMBER CREEK, GAME CREEK, SQUAW
BRANCH, SPRING DRAW, SOUTH FORK PRAIRIE DOG CREEK, ROCK BRANCH,
BUFFALO CREEK, SAPPA CREEK, HORSE CREEK, CACTUS CREEK, DUTCH
CREEK, CROOKED CREEK, SPRING BRANCH, ELK CREEK, OTTER CREEK, DRY
CREEK, WILDCAT CREEK, SPRING CREEK, LONG BRANCH, SCULL CREEK,
JONES CREEK, BOY CREEK, FANCY CREEK, PRAIRIE DOG CREEK, NORTH FORK
PRAIRIE DOG CREEK, SAND CREEK, NORTH FORK SOLOMON RIVER, WALNUT
CREEK AND ROBINSON CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3974 9963 3975 10018 4000 10018 4000 9963
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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