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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

358 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



* AT 357 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES WERE APPROACHING 1 TO  

  2 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BUTLER AND GREENWOOD 

  COUNTIES. THE GROUND IS ALREADY VERY SATURATED, SO MORE RAINFALL   

  WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



* 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...EL DORADO...EUREKA...AUGUSTA...DOUGLASS...HAMILTON...

  LATHAM...LEON...TOWANDA...BENTON...CLIMAX...EL DORADO LAKE AND     

  ROSALIA.



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.



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 3787 9712 3750 9713 3751 9655 3762 9655

      3762 9599 3803 9600 3800 9650



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