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WGUS53 KICT 090307

FFWICT

KSC173-090700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1005 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1000 PM CDT...PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING ACROSS WICHITA AND SEDGWICK COUNTY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AT THE RATE OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER 

HOUR THROUGH 11 PM. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 2 TO 4 INCHES THAT 

HAS FALLEN TODAY ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING 

SITUATION. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE, STAY OFF OF THE ROADS.



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 SEDGWICK COUNTY

UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3774 9763 3760 9765 3760 9719 3783 9723

          3783 9767



$$



/OMITT



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000 

WGUS53 KICT 090307

FFWICT

KSC173-090700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1005 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1000 PM CDT...PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING ACROSS WICHITA AND SEDGWICK COUNTY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AT THE RATE OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER 

HOUR THROUGH 11 PM. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 2 TO 4 INCHES THAT 

HAS FALLEN TODAY ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING 

SITUATION. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE, STAY OFF OF THE ROADS.



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 SEDGWICK COUNTY

UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3774 9763 3760 9765 3760 9719 3783 9723

          3783 9767



$$



/OMITT

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