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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1136 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT.



* AT 1135 PM CDT...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

NORTHERN CHASE COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...MARION...DURHAM...FLORENCE...HILLSBORO...LEHIGH...

  LINCOLNVILLE...TAMPA...LOST SPRINGS...MARION LAKE AND PILSEN.



IN RAMONA EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT, B STREET, NORTH OF 

SECOND STREET IS REPORTED WASHED OUT NEAR LYON CREEK AND THAT THE 

CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANK. TWO MILES EAST OF RAMONA, 360TH AND 

SUNFLOWER STREETS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3821 9733 3822 9687 3857 9697 3856 9734



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