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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

648 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

  EASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 643 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER ALMOST OVER K 30 JUST WEST OF MAPLE HILL 

IN WABAUNSEE COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES 

AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA 

THIS MORNING.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  PERRY STATE PARK...

  TECUMSEH...

  VALLEY FALLS...

  TOPEKA...

  SILVER LAKE...

  ROSSVILLE...

  POTAWATOMI RESERVATION...

  PERRY LAKE...

  OZAWKIE...

  OSKALOOSA...

  NORTONVILLE... 

  HOLTON...



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 188.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 333 AND 355.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS

TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3941 9556 3941 9518 3905 9519 3904 9534

      3905 9537 3907 9544 3906 9550 3886 9550

      3887 9591 3886 9595 3874 9595 3875 9619

      3919 9619 3919 9609 3917 9607 3915 9610

      3912 9603 3913 9602 3949 9602 3955 9598

      3956 9556



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