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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

821 AM CST SUN OCT 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CST



* AT 815 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL END SHORTLY, RUN   

  OFF  WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT NORTHWEST 30TH AND BUTLER ROAD IS 

CLOSED 5 MILES NORTH OF BENTON, DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.  

UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN A FATALITY REPORTED.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  THERE HAS 

ALREADY BEEN 1 FATALITY.  DO NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR

DRAINAGE. 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 BUTLER COUNTY 

UNTIL 230 PM CST.



LAT...LON 3791 9660 3752 9661 3753 9709 3799 9709



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