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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

544 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 540 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  ADMIRE

  NEOSHO RAPIDS

  EMPORIA



THE EMPORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER WAS BEGINNING TO COVER 

THE STREETS IN EMPORIA...WITH UNDERPASSES FILLING WITH WATER. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER

MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3871 9633 3818 9632 3818 9596 3871 9597



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