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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

129 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.



* LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE  

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN         

  OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF SEDGWICK COUNTY.  THE    

  HEAVIEST RAIN LIKELY OCCURRED BETWEEN COLWICH AND GODDARD, AND     

  BETWEEN VIOLA AND CHENEY. SOME COUNTY ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED DUE   

  TO HIGH WATER.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WEST        

  WICHITA...ANDALE...CHENEY...CLEARWATER...COLWICH...                

  GODDARD...MAIZE.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3748 9715 3747 9780 3772 9780 3772 9769

      3791 9769 3791 9715



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