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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

858 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 815 AM CDT SATURDAY.



* AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN  

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

  INCHES POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

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



AT 850 PM CDT...ELK COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 160 

WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING...FROM THE COWLEY COUNTY LINE TO 

THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE. 



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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