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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1044 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.

  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT FRIDAY.



* AT 1035 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED   VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 77 JUST NORTH OF EL DORADO WAS 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. ALSO NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS THROUGHOUT 

BUTLER AND COWLEY ARE FLOODED. ADDITIONALLY THE FAIRGROUNDS NEAR 

WINFIELD ARE BEING EVACUATED.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ANDOVER...ARKANSAS CITY...ATLANTA...AUGUSTA...BENTON...BURDEN...

  CAMBRIDGE...CASSODAY...DEXTER...DOUGLASS...EL DORADO...ELBING...

  LATHAM...LEON...POTWIN...ROSALIA...ROSE HILL...TOWANDA...UDALL...

  WINFIELD...EL DORADO LAKE...ROCK...STROTHER FIELD 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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS 

FOR BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES.



LAT...LON 3807 9714 3808 9714 3808 9653 3808 9652

      3726 9651 3700 9713



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