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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

743 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 739 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS AN AREA ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE 

CENTERED ON THE BUTLER COWLEY COUNTY LINE.



DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED 

ACROSS THESE AREAS.



AT 741 PM CDT...BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 3 TO 5 

INCHES OF WATER ACROSS A ROAD JUST EAST OF DOUGLASS.



AT 742 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WATER COVERING ROADS WEST 

OF ATLANTA.



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. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



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

COWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3771 9657 3721 9655 3720 9709 3769 9710



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