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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

205 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



* AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

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

  INCHES POSSIBLE BY 5 AM...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY       

  COUNTY.

* AT 203 AM...MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINS IN 

  CANEY...WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  BOLTON...CANEY...CHERRYVALE...COFFEYVILLE...COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT...

  DEARING...ELK CITY...HAVANA...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...

  INDEPENDENCE...LIBERTY...PARSONS TRI CITY AIRPORT...SYCAMORE...

  TYRO.



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 FLASH 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...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



LAT...LON 3700 9597 3700 9552 3739 9551 3739 9597



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