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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

806 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 802 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY. RAIN WAS   

  FALLING AT THE RATE OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR AND WILL THROUGH 9 

  PM. THIS IS ON TOP OF 3 TO AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES THAT HAS FALLEN IN  

  THE PAST 6 HOURS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

DRAINAGE.



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.







REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MCPHERSON

COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3821 9780 3817 9765 3818 9739 3833 9738

          3834 9774



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