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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

526 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWEST BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT.



* AT 420 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING 

WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY. THE WORST FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING NORTH AND EAST OF THE TOWN OF WHITEWATER. IN 

ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY OCCURRING SOUTHERN MARION 

COUNTY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF PEABODY. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 

AREA...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED 

SINCE EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING IN SOUTHERN MARION AND NORTHWEST 

BUTLER COUNTIES.  



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

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. 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 3790 9715 3793 9684 3824 9683 3820 9715



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