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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

730 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT.



* AT 724 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING  

  PROBLEMS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY...DUE    

  TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM LAST NIGHTS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.          

  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A SWATH OF 5 TO 7 INCHES HAD FALLEN   

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



* OTTER CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS EARLY THIS MORNING AND STILL      

  RISING IN SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF CLIMAX. A SPOTTER 5 MILES

  WEST OF HOWARD REPORTED SOME RURAL ROADWAYS UNDER WATER DUE TO THE

  HEAVY RAINFALL.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CLIMAX...ELK FALLS...EUREKA...FALL RIVER...GRENOLA...HOWARD...

  LONGTON...MOLINE...PIEDMONT...SEVERY...EUREKA AIRPORT.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WICHITA.



LAT...LON 3792 9651 3794 9596 3729 9596 3729 9647

      3730 9651

TIME...MOT...LOC 1224Z 180DEG 0KT 3811 9703



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