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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1258 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 1253 AM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER MEASURED 3.8 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN EXTREME NORTH-CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTY...6 MILES WEST...AND 2 

MILES NORTH...OF ATLANTA. THE TRAINED SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED THAT 

DITCHES WERE FULL WITH WATER BEGINNING TO OVERFLOW ONTO ADJACENT 

RAODS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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

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

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BUTLER AND

COWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3771 9660 3733 9661 3733 9708 3771 9709



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