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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

744 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 741 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL.



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.



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 HARVEY COUNTY

UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3816 9754 3800 9758 3791 9717 3813 9716



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