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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

732 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 722 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND 7 PM CDT. 

DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY NIGHT...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL 

QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS ARE 

BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN INCH PER HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3706 9597 3703 9646 3757 9647 3757 9601



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