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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

400 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 NOON CDT.



* LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL RURAL AND    

  CITY ROADS ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BUTLER COUNTY WERE   

  FLOODED.  HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF GREENWOOD COUNTY,   

  WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA    

  GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WICHITA.



LAT...LON 3760 9651 3748 9652 3748 9714 3808 9714

      3808 9636 3816 9635 3816 9596 3761 9597



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