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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

952 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 940 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...FALLING OVER 

MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. RADAR INDICATES ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN ACROSS THESE COUNTIES SINCE 6 PM THIS EVENING. SEVERAL 

REPORTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED OF FLOODED ROADS IN SOUTHERN 

SECTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY AS WELL AS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

SECTIONS OF OSAGE COUNTY. CURRENT RADAR TRENDS INDICATE 

THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE 

COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT.     



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

  OSAGE CITY.

  BURLINGTON.

  EMPORIA.

  OTTAWA.

  EUDORA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING OCCURS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS

TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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