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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

810 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.



* AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND MOVING NORTHEAST FROM NORTH

  CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO THE FLINT HILLS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

  STILL REPORTED MANY PROBLEMS DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS THE AREA.

  IN CHASE COUNTY, MANY RURAL ROADS WEST OF STRONG CITY WERE

  BARRICADED, INCLUDING SOME BETWEEN ELMDALE AND COTTONWOOD FALLS,

  AND CEDAR POINT TO COTTONWOOD FALLS. IN BUTLER COUNTY, SOME ROADS

  NEAR DOUGLASS WERE ALSO BARRICADED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



* TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY 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.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3807 9714 3749 9713 3749 9653 3810 9653

      3810 9638 3850 9637 3850 9681 3807 9682



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