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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1204 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* AT 1201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR    

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA, WITH ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 

  AN HOUR, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.



* SLOW MOVING AND TRAINING 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...EL DORADO...EUREKA...AUGUSTA...

  CASSODAY...DOUGLASS...HAMILTON...LATHAM...LEON...

  MADISON...POTWIN...SEVERY AND TOWANDA.



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 PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNING IN

AFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.



LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9652 3761 9652 3761 9597

      3816 9596 3816 9634 3808 9635 3807 9714



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