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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

348 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 349 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY

  REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE 

  LAWRENCE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY 

  OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR INDICATES THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

  INCHES OF RAIN COULD STILL FALL OVER MUCH OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 

  AND SOUTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM WITH SIGNIFICANT FLASH 

  FLOODING. 

 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  LAWRENCE...

  BALDWIN CITY...

  CLINTON...

  EUDORA...

  LECOMPTON...

  WILLIAMSTOWN...

  PERRY...

  CLINTON LAKE...



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 206.



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



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.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3897 9519 3896 9518 3897 9512 3896 9510

      3897 9506 3875 9506 3874 9549 3902 9548

      3905 9546 3915 9518



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