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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

953 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 100 AM CDT



* AT 950 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY 

RAINS WILL END THROUGH 11 PM, HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE 4 TO 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN THAT FELL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SERIOUS FLOODING.



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.



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 100 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3836 9789 3820 9786 3820 9740 3844 9743

          3843 9788



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