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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

901 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* AT 858 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH

  OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 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...COTTONWOOD FALLS...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...

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



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 PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNING FOR CHASE COUNTY.



LAT...LON 3810 9683 3816 9637 3851 9636 3851 9681



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