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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

214 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 209 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES, WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND 

HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR A COUPLE OF MORE HOURS.



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.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHAUTAUQUA

COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3725 9609 3702 9609 3703 9648 3726 9647



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