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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

752 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  NORTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.



* AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 

POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ALBERT...ALDEN...ASSARIA...BRIDGEPORT...BROOKVILLE...BUSHTON...

  CANTON...CHASE...CLAFLIN...ELLINWOOD...ELLSWORTH...FREDERICK...

  GALVA...GENESEO...GLENDALE...GREAT BEND...GREAT BEND AIRPORT...

  GYPSUM...HOISINGTON...HOLYROOD...INMAN...KANOPOLIS...LINDSBORG...

  LITTLE RIVER...LORRAINE...LYONS...MARQUETTE...MCPHERSON...

  MOUNDRIDGE...NEW CAMBRIA...OLMITZ...PAWNEE ROCK...RAYMOND...

  ROXBURY...SALINA...SILICA...SMOLAN...STERLING...WINDOM...SALINA

  AIRPORT...KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...MCPHERSON AIRPORT.



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.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3895 9735 3817 9737 3816 9848 3825 9849

      3826 9903 3855 9903 3869 9859 3869 9849

      3872 9848 3887 9799 3887 9794 3897 9791

TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 180DEG 0KT 3854 9802



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