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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

300 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 900 AM CST.



* AT 253 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AN AREA OF

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  RAINFALL RATES OF QUARTER TO A HALF AN HOUR IN COFFEYVILLE AND 

  PARSONS. 



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CHANUTE...

  COFFEYVILLE...PARSONS...ALTAMONT...BARTLETT...CHERRYVALE...

  DEARING...EDNA...ELK CITY...ERIE...GALESBURG AND INDEPENDENCE.



MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED THAT ROCK CREEK IN INDEPENDENCE 

WAS RUNNING BANK FULL. 



NUMBEROUS REPORTS OF LOW LYING AREAS WERE IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH 

WATER. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3702 9593 3703 9511 3771 9512 3771 9549

      3736 9549 3736 9594



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