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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

822 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 818 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING OVER CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED 

RAINFALL RATES ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. ANOTHER ONE 

TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO BEFORE ENDING. 



AT 815 PM CDT...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED SOME 

WATER COVERING THE ROADS IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. 



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SEDAN...PERU...NIOTAZE...HALE...CHAUTAUQUA



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHAUTAUQUA

COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3728 9640 3700 9650 3700 9598 3728 9601



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