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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

258 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.



* AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL

  RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY

  EVENING.



* 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...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...CASSODAY...    

  DOUGLASS...ELMDALE...LATHAM...LEON...MATFIELD 

  GREEN...POTWIN...ROSE   HILL AND SAFFORDVILLE.





LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMCENT REPORTED MANY RURAL ROADS IN CHASE COUNTY

WERE UNDER WATER AND BARRICADED. MANY ROADS IN BUTLER COUNTY HAD

HIGH WATER AS WELL.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3748 9714 3749 9653 3810 9653 3810 9636

      3850 9637 3850 9680 3807 9683 3806 9713



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