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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

430 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 1230 PM CDT.



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT EXCESSIVE    

  RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SCATTERED   

  REPORTS OF WATER COVERED ROADS AND FLOODING HAS BEEN RECEIVED. 



* RADAR ESTIMATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED SOUTH OF A LINE     

  FROM TORONTO TO HUMBOLDT, AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR FALL       

  RIVER TO CHANUTE.  CLOSE TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED     

  IN CHANUTE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EARLY    

  THIS MORNING.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WICHITA.



LAT...LON 3739 9596 3802 9595 3803 9508 3738 9509



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