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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

232 PM CDT SAT SEP 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 225 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF SCRANTON ON 

HIGHWAY 56 WITH WATER OVER THE ROAD. OTHER COUNTY ROADS WERE ALSO 

FLOODED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATES FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF OSAGE COUNTY SINCE LATE 

MORNING. RAIN CONTINUES AT MIDAFTERNOON.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

  CARBONDALE

  OVERBROOK

  BURLINGAME

  LYNDON



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS 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.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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