

000 

WGUS53 KTOP 200510

FFWTOP

KSC045-200800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1207 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MOST OF DOUGLAS    

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  EUDORA...

  LAWRENCE...

  CLINTON...



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 206.



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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. 



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 3 

HOURS.



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.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3903 9535 3903 9519 3896 9518 3897 9512

      3896 9510 3897 9506 3874 9505 3873 9549

      3905 9549 3906 9541



$$

