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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1249 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN KANSAS

  RICE COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 1238 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ELLSWORTH AND RICE COUNTIES. 

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR  

ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS 

ELLSWORTH COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT. 



RICE COUNTY EOC HAS ALREADY REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES 

INCLUDING AVENUE T ON K14 HIGHWAY, AVENUE V ON 20TH ROAD, AND EAST 

MAIN STREET IN LYONS. ANOTHER BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 

20 MPH WILL MOVE INTO RICE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND 

AGGREVATE THE SITUATION EVEN MORE. 



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.



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

RICE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3884 9847 3816 9845 3820 9796 3884 9797



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