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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1010 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1009 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 2.60 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD OCCURRED JUST EAST OF NEWTON...IN A ONE AND A HALF HOUR 

PERIOD ENDING AT 10 PM.



DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT WIDESPREAD 2 INCH HOURLY RAINFALLS 

CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF HARVEY COUNTY.



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 HARVEY COUNTY

UNTIL 430 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3817 9720 3794 9718 3793 9766 3816 9767



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