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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

248 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 237 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS RUSSELL COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  BUNKER HILL...DORRANCE...GORHAM...LUCAS...LURAY...MILBERGER...

  PARADISE...RUSSELL...RUSSELL AIRPORT...WALDO...WILSON LAKE.



AT 237 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT WATER OVER SOME 

ROADS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF RUSSELL COUNTY.



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 3913 9849 3869 9849 3870 9903 3913 9904



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