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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1105 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 1100 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH ACROSS 

SEDGWICK COUNTY.



DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND A HALF 

TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY THRU AT LEAST 1 AM CDT.



AT 1102 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR STREET 

FLOODING IN MOUNT HOPE.



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 500 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3787 9717 3749 9717 3748 9765 3786 9765



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