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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

346 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT.



* AT 342 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL   

  ROADS WERE CLOSED AROUND PEABODY AND FLORENCE.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY   

  RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH DAYBREAK, WHICH WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL     

  FLOODING.  



* THE GREATEST THREAT AT THIS TIME IS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE  

  COUNTY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3852 9693 3851 9681 3835 9681 3834 9684

      3809 9684 3809 9714 3818 9715 3818 9736

      3860 9736 3860 9693



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