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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

113 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 110 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 101 IS 

CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.  IN ADDITION...SEVERAL LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS AND GRAVEL COVERED ROADS ARE UNDER WATER.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN WILL BE COMING TO AN END OVER 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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

UNTIL 715 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3737 9513 3703 9511 3704 9548 3734 9549



/FRANK



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