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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

416 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 411 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

ACROSS SOUTHERN BUTLER AND NORTHERN COWLEY COUNTIES. A TRAINED 

SPOTTER REPORTED BETWEEN 6 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR ATLANTA IN 

NORTHERN COWLEY COUNTY AT 330 AM CDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR 

DRAINAGE. THE DANGER FROM THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL PERSIST FOR THE 

NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS RUNOFF CONTINUES TO CAUSE FLOODING.



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 BUTLER AND

COWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3764 9653 3726 9653 3725 9712 3763 9713



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