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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

330 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* A COUNTY WIDE FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 322 PM CDT...BARTON COUNTY SHERIFF CONTINUED TO REPORT HIGHWAY 

281 REMAINED FLOODED 1 MILE SOUTH OF HOISINGTON DUE TO RUNOFF FROM 

LAST NIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS. WITH WATER LEVELS OF ONE TO TWO FEET DEEP 

HIGHWAY 281 REMAINED BARRICADED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND 

UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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.



REPEATING...A COUNTY WIDE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BARTON 

COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT. THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE COUNTY WIDE 

FLOOD WARNING ISSUED AT 1240 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.



LAT...LON 3867 9851 3829 9851 3829 9900 3867 9900



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