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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

654 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY.



* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS

  OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ALBERT...CLAFLIN...ELLINWOOD...GALATIA...GREAT BEND...GREAT BEND

  AIRPORT...HOISINGTON...OLMITZ...PAWNEE ROCK...SUSANK.



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.



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 3825 9903 3825 9848 3869 9847 3869 9903



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