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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

103 AM CDT FRI OCT 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 103 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON THE 1200 

BLOCK OF WEST PAWNEE, WHERE WATER COVERED THE ROAD.  DOUGLAS AND THE 

INTERSECTION OF 2ND AND OLIVER WERE ALSO COVERED WITH WATER.



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 EXTENDED FOR SEDGWICK 

COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3796 9716 3750 9718 3751 9769 3788 9765

          3788 9721



/FRANK



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