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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

735 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.



* AT 721 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT      

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING EXTENSIVE FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF 

  BUTLER AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS A DAM      

  CLOSE TO BEING BREACHED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EL DORADO, NEAR 

  NW 50TH AND HIGHWAY 196. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS          

  SITUATION NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED 

  5 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. STREAMS 

  AND RIVERS ARE RUNNING HIGH OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS. LOW WATER       

  CROSSINGS, RURAL ROADS, AND SOME CITY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 

  WATER. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE     

  RAIN ENDS LATER THIS MORNING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9653 3761 9653 3761 9596

      3816 9597 3816 9635 3808 9635 3808 9714



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