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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

218 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 205 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BATCH OF 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH THROUGH MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY...AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 

INCHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. MORE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS 

COULD FOLLOW SUIT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 



THIS AREA HAD EXPERIENCED FLOODING EARLIER THIS EVENING AND CAUSED 

NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. RIGHT NOW...MOST OF THE PRIMARY ROADS HAD 

RECEDED...BUT THE SECONDARY ROADS REMAINED CLOSED. THIS NEXT ROUND 

OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE SITUATION AND PRODUCE 

ADDITIONAL 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 MONTGOMERY

COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3737 9555 3699 9552 3699 9591 3737 9594



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