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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

705 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 702 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST COWLEY COUNTY. DOPPLER ESTIMATES ARE

  THAT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE PER HOUR. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE GROUNDS WERE ALREADY SOAKED FROM 

EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS THAT CROSSED THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL AGGREVATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL CONSIDERABLY.



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 COWLEY COUNTY

UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



LAT...LON 3741 9661 3702 9662 3703 9710 3741 9710



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