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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

852 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING OVER THE

  WARNED AREA.  EXPECT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY MORE TO 

  FALL ACROSS MOST OF DOUGLAS COUNTY BY 10 PM.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  LAWRENCE...

  BALDWIN CITY...

  CLINTON...

  EUDORA...

  LECOMPTON...

  CLINTON LAKE...



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 203.



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3906 9547 3904 9538 3905 9520 3900 9524

      3898 9523 3896 9521 3895 9509 3875 9506

      3874 9549 3904 9549



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