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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

724 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.



* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

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

  INCHES POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ALTOONA...BENEDICT...BUFFALO...CHANUTE...EARLTON...ERIE...

  GALESBURG...NEODESHA...ST. PAUL...STARK...THAYER...SOUTH MOUND...

  CHANUTE AIRPORT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO 

ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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LAT...LON 3738 9573 3773 9574 3772 9507 3738 9508



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