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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1125 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SUMNER COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1123 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIT THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR.  HOWEVER, EXCESSIVE RUN OFF COMBINED WITH YESTERDAYS HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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 SUMNER COUNTY

UNTIL 330 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3752 9719 3703 9722 3700 9772 3742 9772

          3747 9722



/FRANK



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