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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

209 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  SOUTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT.



* AT 204 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED RUNOFF

  FROM TONIGHTS HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER

  THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE...MILBERGER...RUSSELL AIRPORT...WILSON...

  WILSON LAKE.



AT 204 AM CDT...RUSSELL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT COUNTY 

ROADS SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL WERE STILL IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3868 9903 3868 9846 3876 9819 3885 9817

      3885 9849 3900 9849 3888 9877 3887 9903



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