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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

310 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT.



* AT 307 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 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 7 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ALTOONA...BASSETT...BENEDICT...BUFFALO...BUXTON...CHANUTE...

  COYVILLE...EARLTON...ELSMORE...ERIE...FREDONIA...GALESBURG...GAS...

  HUMBOLDT...IOLA...LA HARPE...MILDRED...MORAN...NEODESHA...NEW

  ALBANY...PETROLIA...SAVONBURG...ST. PAUL...STARK...THAYER...SOUTH

  MOUND...CHANUTE AIRPORT.



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.



LAT...LON 3739 9596 3738 9508 3804 9508 3803 9551

      3773 9551 3773 9596



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