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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

228 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 225 AM CDT...KFDI RADIO REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS IN 

WICHITA IN TWO LOCATIONS: AT THE ELM OLIVER INTERSECTION WHERE 

VEHICLES WERE STALLED AND RESCUES IN PROGRESS...AND AT THE 31ST 

STREET SOUTH SENECA INTERSECTION...WHERE CARS WERE STALLED AS WELL.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...VALLEY CENTER...PARK CITY...SOUTH WICHITA...

  MAIZE



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. NEVER ATTEMPT 

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



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

UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3788 9715 3750 9717 3750 9764 3788 9764



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