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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

845 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 840 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NEOSHO COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL...ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR...WAS 

OCCURRING ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION



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 NEOSHO COUNTY

UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3773 9508 3739 9511 3739 9551 3772 9551



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