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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1155 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.



* AS OF 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED       

  3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.  

  SO FAR THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF  

  NEODESHA TO OAK VALLEY TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SEDAN.           

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



* SLOW MOVING 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...ALTOONA...CHERRYVALE...ELK CITY...ELK FALLS...FREDONIA...

  GRENOLA...HALE...HOWARD...LONGTON...MOLINE AND NEODESHA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA.



LAT...LON 3713 9651 3719 9554 3746 9552 3766 9592

      3748 9650



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HOWERTON



CORRECTION FOR TYPO IN THIRD BULLET.

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