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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

253 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.



* AT 205 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ALTOONA...BENEDICT...BUFFALO...BUXTON...COYVILLE...FREDONIA...

  NEODESHA.



AT 250 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 

LEADING IN TO FREDONIA ARE STILL IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION HIGHWAY 400 

BETWEEN FREDONIA AND NEODESHA IS REPORTED CLOSED. SCATTERED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WHILE THESE 

SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE SMALL...THEY WILL PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL RATES 

WHICH WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WICHITA.



LAT...LON 3739 9554 3759 9553 3771 9552 3773 9595

      3739 9594



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