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2005 [KICT] WICHITA Flash Flood (FF) Warning (W) Number 44

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000 
WGUS53 KICT 251237
FFWICT
KSC015-073-252030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
735 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS REISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 721 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT      
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING EXTENSIVE FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF 
  BUTLER AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS A DAM      
  CLOSE TO BEING BREACHED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EL DORADO, NEAR 
  NW 50TH AND HIGHWAY 196. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS          
  SITUATION NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED 
  5 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. STREAMS 
  AND RIVERS ARE RUNNING HIGH OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS. LOW WATER       
  CROSSINGS, RURAL ROADS, AND SOME CITY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 
  WATER. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE     
  RAIN ENDS LATER THIS MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9653 3761 9653 3761 9596
      3816 9597 3816 9635 3808 9635 3808 9714

$$

KLEINSASSER
000 
WGUS73 KICT 251432
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
932 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

KSC015-073-252030-
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
932 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 924 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 8 
INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED SINCE LAST NIGHT. ANOTHER HALF TO ONE 
INCH OF RAIN WILL OCCUR DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THIS WILL ONLY 
AGGREVATE THE SITUATION. 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GREENWOOD AND BUTLER COUNTIES ARE STILL 
REPORTING NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER. EL DORADO WAS 
ALSO STILL REPORTING EVACUATIONS TAKING PLACE IN AN APARTMENT 
COMPLEX. 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...EL DORADO...EUREKA...AUGUSTA...CASSODAY...DOUGLASS...
HAMILTON...LATHAM...LEON...MADISON...POTWIN...SEVERY AND TOWANDA.


LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9653 3761 9653 3761 9596
      3816 9597 3816 9635 3808 9635 3808 9714

$$

COX
000 
WGUS73 KICT 251811
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
110 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

KSC015-073-252030-
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
110 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS EXITING NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY. MEANWHILE, THE 
RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS BUTLER COUNTY. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 
INCLUDE...EL DORADO...EUREKA...AUGUSTA...CASSODAY...DOUGLASS..
HAMILTON...LATHAM...LEON...MADISON...POTWIN...SEVERY AND TOWANDA. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GREENWOOD COUNTY STILL REPORTED 2 LOCATIONS 
CLOSED ON HIGHWAY 99 WITH STILL SOME LOW LYING AREAS BEING WATER 
COVERED. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BUTLER COUNTY REPORTED THAT THE WATER 
WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE AND NO NEW FLOODING HAD BEEN OBSERVED.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN 

LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9653 3761 9653 3761 9596
      3816 9597 3816 9635 3808 9635 3808 9714

$$

COX
000 
WGUS73 KICT 251859
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
158 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

KSC015-073-251908-
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
158 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER AND
GREENWOOD COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, BUT EXCESS RUNOFF HAS 
CAUSED STREAMS AND CREEKS TO GO OUTSIDE THEIR BANKS. LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE, BUT THERE 
ARE STILL SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 

A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING.


LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9653 3761 9653 3761 9596
      3816 9597 3816 9635 3808 9635 3808 9714

$$

COX
Permalink to 200508251235-KICT-WGUS53-FFWICT
000 
WGUS53 KICT 251237
FFWICT
KSC015-073-252030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
735 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS REISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 721 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT      
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING EXTENSIVE FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF 
  BUTLER AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS A DAM      
  CLOSE TO BEING BREACHED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EL DORADO, NEAR 
  NW 50TH AND HIGHWAY 196. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS          
  SITUATION NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED 
  5 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. STREAMS 
  AND RIVERS ARE RUNNING HIGH OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS. LOW WATER       
  CROSSINGS, RURAL ROADS, AND SOME CITY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 
  WATER. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE     
  RAIN ENDS LATER THIS MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9653 3761 9653 3761 9596
      3816 9597 3816 9635 3808 9635 3808 9714

$$

KLEINSASSER
Permalink to 200508251432-KICT-WGUS73-FFSICT
000 
WGUS73 KICT 251432
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
932 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

KSC015-073-252030-
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
932 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 924 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 8 
INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED SINCE LAST NIGHT. ANOTHER HALF TO ONE 
INCH OF RAIN WILL OCCUR DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THIS WILL ONLY 
AGGREVATE THE SITUATION. 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GREENWOOD AND BUTLER COUNTIES ARE STILL 
REPORTING NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER. EL DORADO WAS 
ALSO STILL REPORTING EVACUATIONS TAKING PLACE IN AN APARTMENT 
COMPLEX. 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...EL DORADO...EUREKA...AUGUSTA...CASSODAY...DOUGLASS...
HAMILTON...LATHAM...LEON...MADISON...POTWIN...SEVERY AND TOWANDA.


LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9653 3761 9653 3761 9596
      3816 9597 3816 9635 3808 9635 3808 9714

$$

COX
Permalink to 200508251810-KICT-WGUS73-FFSICT
000 
WGUS73 KICT 251811
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
110 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

KSC015-073-252030-
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
110 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS EXITING NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY. MEANWHILE, THE 
RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS BUTLER COUNTY. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 
INCLUDE...EL DORADO...EUREKA...AUGUSTA...CASSODAY...DOUGLASS..
HAMILTON...LATHAM...LEON...MADISON...POTWIN...SEVERY AND TOWANDA. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GREENWOOD COUNTY STILL REPORTED 2 LOCATIONS 
CLOSED ON HIGHWAY 99 WITH STILL SOME LOW LYING AREAS BEING WATER 
COVERED. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BUTLER COUNTY REPORTED THAT THE WATER 
WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE AND NO NEW FLOODING HAD BEEN OBSERVED.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN 

LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9653 3761 9653 3761 9596
      3816 9597 3816 9635 3808 9635 3808 9714

$$

COX
Permalink to 200508251858-KICT-WGUS73-FFSICT
000 
WGUS73 KICT 251859
FFSICT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
158 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

KSC015-073-251908-
GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-
158 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER AND
GREENWOOD COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, BUT EXCESS RUNOFF HAS 
CAUSED STREAMS AND CREEKS TO GO OUTSIDE THEIR BANKS. LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE, BUT THERE 
ARE STILL SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 

A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING.


LAT...LON 3748 9713 3748 9653 3761 9653 3761 9596
      3816 9597 3816 9635 3808 9635 3808 9714

$$

COX

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