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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

242 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT.



* AT 233 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAD WASHED OUT A BRIDGE ON 150TH ROAD, BETWEEN

  VIOLET ROAD AND UTE ROAD. THIS IS ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIQUA.

  THERE WERE REPORTS OF HIGH WATER ACROSS SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY

  ROADS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.



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 REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR

WOODSON COUNTY.



LAT...LON 3775 9593 3774 9554 3803 9553 3802 9594



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