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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

630 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  NORTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.



AT 628 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT EMERGENCY 

VEHICLES WERE HEADING TOWARD THE MOUNT HOPE AREA TO HELP PEOPLE 

EVACUATE FROM THEIR HOMES TO FLEE TO HIGHER GROUND. 



AT 613 AM CDT...HARVEY COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED PARTS OF INTERSTATE 

135 WERE STILL UNDER WATER...HOWEVER THE INTERSTATE HAD BEEN 

REOPENED. SEVERAL ROADS WERE STILL UNDER WATER.  



AT 608 AM CDT...SEDGWICK COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED FLOODING AT THE 

FOLLOWING INTERSECTIONS IN NORTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTY...125TH WEST AND 

BROADWAY...101ST STREET NORTH AND 247TH WEST...AND 125TH AND 

HILLSIDE. THESE INTERSECTIONS WERE BARRICADED. 



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3809 9770 3776 9769 3782 9715 3815 9716



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