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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

417 AM CDT MON AUG 14 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 415 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST AT  

  20 MPH OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVATIONAL DATA

  INDICATE AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH         

  THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 185.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 338 AND 355.



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 3890 9603 3889 9554 3921 9561 3921 9604

      3924 9620



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