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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

359 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 351 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. 

RADAR ALSO INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

SINCE MIDNIGHT.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  NEW ALBANY...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...COYVILLE...BUXTON



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.



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

UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3766 9555 3740 9560 3739 9595 3769 9594



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