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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

125 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 116 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES 

DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS WILSON COUNTY.   



THIS AREA HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED FLASH FLOODING EARLIER THIS 

EVENING AND CAUSED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSINGS ACROSS THE COUNTY. MOST OF 

THE ROADS ARE OPENED NOW...BUT WHEN THE NEXT BATCH OF STORMS MOVES 

THROUGH IT WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. 



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.



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

UNTIL 615 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3771 9593 3741 9595 3741 9554 3770 9555



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