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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

156 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 145 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH INTO NEOSHO COUNTY. THIS STORM 

WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RAINFALL RATES ON THE ORDER OF 

ONE TO TWO INCHES IN ONE HOUR. 



THIS AREA HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED FLOODING EARLIER THIS EVENING AND 

CAUSED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. RIGHT NOW...MOST HIGHWAYS ARE 

REOPONED EXCEPT FOR HIGHWAY 169 WHICH IS STILL CLOSED. THIS NEXT 

BATCH OF THUNDERTORMS WILL MOST LIKELY CAUSE MORE ROAD CLOSURES AND 

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 NEOSHO COUNTY

UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3772 9548 3741 9549 3741 9512 3771 9512



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