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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

641 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 640 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SEDGWICK COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN WICHITA.      

  RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY WHICH...CONSIDERING THAT     

  GROUNDS ARE SOAKED FROM EARLIER RAINS...WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS

OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE

ON FOOT. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY

UNTIL 1045 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3789 9719 3749 9716 3748 9777 3785 9764



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