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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

430 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 425 AM CDT...MCPHERSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MCPHERSON COUNTY. MANY COUNTY 

ROADS HAVE BEEN BARRICADED. TRAVEL ACROSS MCPHERSON COUNTY... 

ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MCPHERSON COUNTY...IS GREATLY 

DISCOURAGED AVOID ALL WATER COVERED RAODS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED 

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MCPHERSON COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. 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.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MCPHERSON 

COUNTY UNTIL 830 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3857 9739 3819 9739 3819 9787 3858 9788



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