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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

1120 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COWLEY COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1118 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WAS MOVING INTO THE COUNTY.  THIS 

MAY DROP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A VERY SHORT TIME, ESPECIALLY 

ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.  THIS COMBINED WITH 

YESTERDAYS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING.



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.



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 COWLEY COUNTY

UNTIL 330 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3749 9664 3701 9656 3698 9717 3740 9707

          3745 9667



/FRANK



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