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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

848 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 845 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR ALSO INDICATED SOME 1 TO 2 

INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS RECEIVED OVERNIGHT MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



LYON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER A COUNTY ROAD NEAR AMERICUS 

AT AROUND 835 AM THIS MORNING.  



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  EMPORIA...

  OLPE...

  NEOSHO RAPIDS...

  AMERICUS...

  ADMIRE...

  BUSHONG...



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 153.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 142.



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.



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 3819 9634 3819 9597 3872 9597 3872 9635



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