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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1224 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 1216 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SEDWICK COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR MAINLY ACROSS THE 

NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS FROM KINGMAN COUNTY 

WILL BE MOVING INTO SEDGWICK COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS 

AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES BEFORE ENDING 

EARLY THIS MORNING. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS

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

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



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

UNTIL 315 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3789 9716 3748 9717 3747 9776 3786 9766



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