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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

526 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 515 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING ON U S HIGHWAY 59     

  ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTY LINE.

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES SINCE 3 PM CDT.   

  CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY       

  RAINS...WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST 630 PM THIS  

  EVENING. 



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

  RICHMOND...

  PRINCETON

  GREELEY...

  LANE...

  RANTOUL...



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 

FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER

MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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