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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

548 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 548 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF       

  PRINCETON TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RANTOUL...AND A STORM SPOTTER    

  TWO MILES EAST OF PRINCETON HAD RECEIVED 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF  

  540 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA EARLY  

  THIS MORNING AND BRING MORE HEAVY RAINS....LIKELY LEADING TO FLASH 

  FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  PRINCETON...

  RANTOUL...

  MIDDLE CREEK FROM PRINCETON TO RANTOUL...



THIS REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY 

ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY.



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 

IN PARTICULAR..MIDDLE CREEK MAY EXCEED BANK FULL CONDITIONS 

ESPECIALLY NEAR RANTOUL.



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

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



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3843 9545 3841 9530 3852 9507 3864 9506



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