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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

124 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ATTICA...CRYSTAL SPRINGS.



* AT 117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA.  SOME FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN 

REPORTED IN ATTICA.



THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWEST HARPER COUNTY.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WICHITA.



LAT...LON 3719 9834 3720 9805 3739 9806 3739 9834



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