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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1042 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT.



* AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS

  NORTHWEST WILSON COUNTY, NEAR THE WOODSON COUNTY LINE. OBSERVED

  RAINFALL AT COYVILLE AS OF 10 PM, WAS 2.87 INCHES THIS EVENING.



* 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...YATES CENTER...ALTOONA...BUFFALO...FREDONIA...NEODESHA...

  NEOSHO FALLS...BATESVILLE...BENEDICT...BUXTON...COYVILLE...NEW

  ALBANY AND ROSE.



THIS IS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS

PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR THE WILSON AND WOODSON COUNTIES.



LAT...LON 3739 9594 3739 9554 3803 9553 3803 9594



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