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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

945 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT.



* AT 943 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAINS REENTERING THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS UNDERWATER. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

WILL WORSEN THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL



* MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

COTTONWOOD FALLS...MARION...CEDAR POINT...ELMDALE...  FLORENCE... 

LINCOLNVILLE...MATFIELD GREEN...PEABODY...SAFFORDVILLE...STRONG CITY 

...BAZAAR AND HYMER.



* AT 943 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT   

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT 

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.



A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3810 9713 3810 9637 3851 9637 3852 9715



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