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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
620 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  WESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.

* AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
  ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
  INCHES LIKELY THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CEDAR POINT...COTTONWOOD FALLS...ELMDALE...MATFIELD GREEN...STRONG
  CITY...BAZAAR.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING! IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY! MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN
EFFECT FOR CHASE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3841 9692 3840 9653 3816 9653 3816 9691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 180DEG 0KT 3826 9675

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