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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

445 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  WESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT.



* AT 438 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

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

POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ANDOVER...ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...AUGUSTA...BENTON...CASSODAY...

  DOUGLASS...EL DORADO...ELBING...LEON...POTWIN...ROSALIA...ROSE

  HILL...TOWANDA...UDALL...WINFIELD...EL DORADO LAKE...ROCK...

  STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT.



AT 438 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS WHICH ARE 

WATER COVERED...ESPECIALLY IN THE TOWN OF AUGUSTA. 



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WICHITA.



LAT...LON 3700 9714 3807 9714 3808 9652 3802 9652

      3720 9679



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