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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

837 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.



* AT 832 AM CDT...SEDGWICK COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

  FLOODING NEAR 135TH STREET WEST AND 21ST STREET NORTH. A 

  VEHICLE WAS CAUGHT IN HIGH WATER WITH 3 PERSONS RESCUED.

  THERE WERE MANY OTHER AREAS ACROSS RURAL SEDGWICK COUNTY AND 

  THE CITY OF WICHITA IMPACTED BY HIGH WATER. WIDELY SCATTERED 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL LOCALLY 

  HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE LATE MORNING.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...ANDALE...BEL AIRE...BENTLEY...CHENEY...

  CLEARWATER...COLWICH...DERBY...EAST WICHITA...GARDEN PLAIN...

  GODDARD...HAYSVILLE...KECHI...MAIZE...MOUNT HOPE...MULVANE...

  OAKLAWN...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...VIOLA...DOWNTOWN WICHITA...

  JABARA AIRPORT...NORTHEAST WICHITA...SOUTH WICHITA...WICHITA MID

  CONTINENT AIRPORT...LAKE AFTON...WEST WICHITA.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3747 9780 3772 9780 3773 9779 3773 9769

      3790 9769 3792 9715 3749 9713 3747 9714

TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 180DEG 0KT 3765 9665



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