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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

657 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 652 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHERN COWLEY 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD OCCURRED ACROSS THAT AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR OR SO. MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE 

OF HOURS AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND 

THREE INCHES. 



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE SITUATION AND 

PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT 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 COWLEY COUNTY

UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



LAT...LON 3746 9714 3712 9712 3715 9650 3747 9657



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