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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

750 PM 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 1145 PM CDT



* AT 747 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 HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY NIGHT...ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF. THESE STORMS ARE 

PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN INCH PER HOUR.



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.



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

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS... SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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 SEDGWICK COUNTY

UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3792 9718 3750 9716 3748 9780 3788 9764



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