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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

431 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.



* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 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...

  ASSARIA...BRIDGEPORT...BROOKVILLE...GLENDALE...GYPSUM...NEW

  CAMBRIA...SALINA...SMOLAN...SALINA AIRPORT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING

ACROSS THE AREA...WITH POTENTIAL FOR RAPID RISES AND FLASH 

FLOODING ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY

AFFECTED BY THE ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3896 9793 3860 9792 3860 9736 3896 9736



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