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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

802 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 758 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  HAD OCCURRED FROM EARLIER STORMS...WHICH CAUSED MINOR STREET        

  FLOODING IN FREDONIA. MORE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVER THE 

  NEXT HOUR PRODUCING AROUND ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  NEW ALBANY...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...COYVILLE...BUXTON



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR

DRAINAGE.



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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WILSON COUNTY

UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3741 9553 3742 9594 3772 9594 3773 9553



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