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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

805 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AT LEAST TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD       

  ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL MOVE EAST   

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, LIKELY PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR     

  TWO OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER A 

  VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IN THE   WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS  

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME      

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE, DOWNTOWN WICHITA, 

  HUTCHINSON, KINGMAN, ABBYVILLE, ANDALE, ARLINGTON, BUHLER, CHENEY, 

  COLWICH, DERBY, EAST WICHITA AND GODDARD.



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.



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 3742 9843 3742 9783 3749 9782 3751 9718

      3787 9718 3789 9772 3815 9773 3813 9842

      3776 9843



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