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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

210 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 205 AM CDT...GREENWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER BEGINNING 

TO COVER PARTS OF HIGHWAY K96 NEAR SEVERY IN EXTREME SOUTH-CENTRAL 

GREENWOOD COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE OCCURRED OVER AN AREA ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE CENTERED ALONG 

THE GREENWOOD ELK COUNTY LINE



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. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GREENWOOD AND

ELK COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3780 9600 3741 9601 3742 9649 3781 9648



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