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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

625 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.



* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 

  2 INCHES POSSIBLE THRU 8 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ASSARIA...BRIDGEPORT...BROOKVILLE...GLENDALE...GYPSUM...NEW

  CAMBRIA...SALINA...SMOLAN...SALINA AIRPORT.



AT 613 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THAT FLOODING THAT BEEN 

OCCURRING IN FIELDS AND DITCHES HAD SPREAD ACROSS ASSARIA ROAD 4 

MILES WEST OF ASSARIA. 



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.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD 

OR HIGHWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT 

TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



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

EFFECT FOR SALINE COUNTY SINCE 500 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3860 9737 3861 9793 3893 9793 3894 9792

      3896 9792 3896 9791 3896 9737



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