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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

620 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  WESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.



* AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

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

  INCHES LIKELY THIS EVENING.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CEDAR POINT...COTTONWOOD FALLS...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...STRONG

  CITY...BAZAAR.



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 FLASH 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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN 

EFFECT FOR CHASE COUNTY.



LAT...LON 3841 9692 3840 9653 3816 9653 3816 9691

TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 180DEG 0KT 3826 9675



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WGUS53 KICT 022322

FFWICT

KSC017-115-030515-

/O.NEW.KICT.FF.W.0028.080702T2320Z-080703T0515Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

620 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  WESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.



* AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

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

  INCHES LIKELY THIS EVENING.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CEDAR POINT...COTTONWOOD FALLS...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...STRONG

  CITY...BAZAAR.



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 FLASH 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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN 

EFFECT FOR CHASE COUNTY.



LAT...LON 3841 9692 3840 9653 3816 9653 3816 9691

TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 180DEG 0KT 3826 9675



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