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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

516 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.



* AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CLIMAX...ELK FALLS...EUREKA...FALL RIVER...GRENOLA...HAMILTON...

  HOWARD...LONGTON...MADISON...MOLINE...PIEDMONT...SEVERY...THRALL...

  VIRGIL.



AT 513 PM CDT... A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF WATER 

OVER HIGHWAY 160 IN OAK VALLEY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN

AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL 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 3816 9596 3816 9636 3809 9635 3809 9652

      3729 9651 3730 9596



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