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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

345 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT



* AT 342 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COVERING MOST OF THE COUNTY.  RADAR

  ESTIMATES SHOW IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN 2 

  HOURS OF PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

  OVER THE TWO HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RICE COUNTY

UNTIL 645 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3851 9793 3818 9790 3816 9847 3851 9846



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