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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

705 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT SATURDAY.



* AT 652 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 ADDITIONAL RAIN  

  HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN  

  EXCESS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

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

  NEODESHA...NEW ALBANY.



AS OF 650 AM CDT...ONLY ONE ROAD WAS ACCESSIBLE INTO OR OUT OF 

FREDONIA...WHERE POWER HAS BEEN LOST AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT 8 TO 10

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS IN MOST OF WILSON

COUNTY.



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.



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 3738 9552 3757 9552 3773 9551 3773 9596

      3738 9596



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