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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

745 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT SATURDAY.



* AT 735 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

  ACROSS WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES COMMON OVER THE   

  REMAINDER OF ALLEN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES   

  ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  BASSETT...BRONSON...ELSMORE...GAS...HUMBOLDT...IOLA...LA HARPE...

  MILDRED...MORAN...PETROLIA...SAVONBURG.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS AN UPGRADE OF THE FLOOD WARNING ISSUED

LAST NIGHT.



AT 735 AM CDT...ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT EVACUATIONS ARE 

IN PROGRESS IN SOUTHWEST PART OF IOLA. IN ADDITION...MAJOR FLASH 

FLOODING WAS IN PROGRESS ON THE COON CREEK.



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 3773 9552 3772 9507 3804 9507 3803 9552



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