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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

415 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.



* AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED    

  AREA. RAINFALL RATES OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR WERE INDICATED. 



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ELK FALLS...GRENOLA...HOWARD...LONGTON...MOLINE.



AT 412 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY 160 WAS CLOSED DUE 

TO FLOODING FROM LONGTON TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE. SEVERAL 

COUNTY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 



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.



LAT...LON 3730 9651 3729 9596 3760 9595 3760 9652



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