FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT * AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE INDICATED BY RADAR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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.
