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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

545 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT SATURDAY.



* AT 536 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING

  NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH TOWARD GREENWOOD COUNTY.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

  ACROSS SOUTHEAST GREENWOOD COUNTY...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES COMMON OVER 

  THE REMAINDER OF GREENWOOD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 2  

  INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CLIMAX...EUREKA...HAMILTON...PIEDMONT...SEVERY...THRALL...VIRGIL.



AT 535 AM CDT...GREENWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY AND

SECONDARY ROADS WERE FLOODED AND BARRICADED. HOWEVER...THE MAJOR 

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WERE STILL OPEN AS OF 535 AM CDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD 

OR HIGHWAY...AND NEVER DRIVE AROUND A BARRICADE. THE WATER DEPTH MAY 

BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3760 9651 3761 9596 3809 9595 3809 9652



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