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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

313 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE

UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN CENTRAL KANSAS

     RUSH



A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE WALNUT CREEK FROM NEKOMA 

TO THE RUSH/BARTON COUNTY LINE.



COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION EXCEEDING FIVE INCHES AT SOME 

LOCATIONS FELL OVERNIGHT ALONG A GENERAL WEST-TO-EAST AXIS IN 

CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY.  COUPLED WITH TUESDAY MORNINGS EXCESSIVE 

PRECIPITATION WHICH EFFECTIVELY SATURATED THE UPPER SOIL PROFILE, 

THE RESULTANT RUNOFF IS FORECAST TO PUSH THE WALNUT CREEK IN RUSH 

COUNTY TO BANKFULL/FLOOD STAGE...BEGINNING WITH WALNUT CREEK 

CRESTING AT NEKOMA LATE SATURDAY MORNING NEAR 29 FEET.  THIS CREST 

WILL SUBSEQUENTLY TRAVEL DOWNSTREAM IN RUSH COUNTY THROUGHOUT THIS 

WEEKEND...EXITING THE COUNTY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY 

MORNING.  STREAM LEVELS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE AS THE CREST PASSES 

DOWNSTREAM.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS OR 

BARRICADES.  MOST VEHICLES CAN BE FLOATED BY TWO FEET OF WATER...AND 

WASHED INTO THE MAIN RIVER CHANNEL...POSSIBLY DROWNING THE OCCUPANTS 

OF THE VEHICLE.



THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED TOMORROW AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF 

CONDITIONS OTHERWISE WARRANT.



STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO

YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION.  YOU MAY ALSO VISIT

OUR WEB SITE AT: WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DDC



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