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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

136 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

  ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 135 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS RUSSELL AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  WILSON...RUSSELL AIRPORT...RUSSELL...KANOPOLIS...GORHAM



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.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL BEFORE ENDING. 

FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR.





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

ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3900 9904 3874 9903 3868 9810 3885 9804

          3884 9848



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