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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

238 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 235 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER ROUND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH 

INTO LABETTE COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING 

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

HOURS. 



THIS AREA HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED FLOODING EARLIER LAST NIGHT AND 

CAUSED A FEW HIGHWAYS TO CLOSE. RIGHT NOW...THESE HIGHWAYS HAVE 

REOPENED...BUT THESE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY AGGREVATE 

THE SITUATION AND CAUSE 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 LABETTE COUNTY

UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3738 9508 3701 9507 3701 9549 3737 9548



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