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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

738 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 732 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA 

OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DUE TO SATURATED GROUND FROM HEAVY RAINFALL 

THURSDAY NIGHT...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

DRAINAGE. 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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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

UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3751 9652 3751 9715 3808 9711 3808 9652



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