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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

909 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.



* AT 906 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS

  EASTERN HARVEY COUNTY, WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO MOVE

  WEST INTO WESTERN HARVEY COUNTY AS WELL.



* 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...NEWTON...BURRTON...HALSTEAD...HESSTON...WALTON...

  WHITEWATER AND NORTH NEWTON.



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.



THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN HARVEY COUNTY.



LAT...LON 3792 9768 3792 9715 3816 9716 3816 9769



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