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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

919 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 315 PM CDT.



* AT 908 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 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...

  BURNS...BURRTON...CEDAR POINT...COTTONWOOD FALLS...DURHAM...

  ELMDALE...FLORENCE...GOESSEL...HALSTEAD...HESSTON...HILLSBORO...

  HYMER...LEHIGH...LINCOLNVILLE...LOST SPRINGS...MARION...MATFIELD

  GREEN...NEWTON...NORTH NEWTON...PEABODY...SAFFORDVILLE...

  SEDGWICK...STRONG CITY...TAMPA...WALTON...WHITEWATER...WONSEVU...

  MARION LAKE...PILSEN...BAZAAR...NEWTON AIRPORT.



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.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3791 9770 3817 9770 3817 9736 3860 9736

      3859 9693 3852 9691 3852 9634 3809 9635

      3808 9714 3791 9715



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