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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

844 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT FRIDAY.



* AT 839 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

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

POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...BURDEN...CAMBRIDGE...DEXTER...MAPLE

  CITY...UDALL...WINFIELD...ROCK...STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT.



AT 839 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER 8TH STREET SOUTH 

OF CHESTNUT AVENUE IN ARKANSAS CITY. 



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 3747 9715 3747 9660 3746 9651 3700 9652

      3699 9714

TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 180DEG 0KT 3751 9688



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