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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

740 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.



* AT 738 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED A BROAD AREA OF 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL       

  AMOUNTS ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF CHASE 

  COUNTY AND 3 TO 6 INCH AMOUNT IN MARION COUNTY. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CHASE  

  COUNTY AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS STORMS IN MARION COUNTY  

  WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL       

  EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COTTONWOOD FALLS...MARION...CEDAR    

  

POINT...DURHAM...ELMDALE...FLORENCE...GOESSEL...HILLSBORO...LEHIGH...

LINCOLNVILLE...MATFIELD GREEN AND PEABODY.



MARION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF COUNTY

AND RURAL ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY AND UPGRADES THE 

FLOOD WARNING TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHASE COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



LAT...LON 3861 9738 3819 9736 3818 9716 3810 9713

      3809 9636 3851 9635 3852 9694 3860 9694



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