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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

335 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 331 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...ESPECIALLY 

ACROSS THAT PART OF THE COUNTY ALONG...AND NORTHWEST...OF A LINE FROM

CEDAR VALE...TO SEDAN...TO HALE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF CHAUTAUQUA 

COUNTY...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER NEAR THE 

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 CHAUTAUQUA

COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3728 9601 3701 9601 3700 9650 3729 9649



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