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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

209 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT.



* AT 205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD

  FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE 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...COTTONWOOD FALLS...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...           

  SAFFORDVILLE...STRONG CITY...BAZAAR...HYMER AND WONSEVU. IF YOU 

  ARE TRAVELING ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE, BE CAUTIOUS AT LOW SPOTS

  ALONG YOUR ROUTE.



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.



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.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNING FOR CHASE COUNTY.



LAT...LON 3810 9683 3810 9636 3850 9636 3850 9680



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