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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1226 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT.



* AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO

  TRAIN FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES

  TO AROUND ONE INCH AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER AREAS

  THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL.



* 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...CHANUTE...IOLA...YATES CENTER...

  ALTOONA...BUFFALO...ERIE...FREDONIA...GALESBURG...

  GAS...HUMBOLDT...LA HARPE AND MORAN.



THIS IS A 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 OR FLASH FLOOD

WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.



LAT...LON 3747 9595 3745 9509 3802 9509 3803 9595



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