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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

844 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

  MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

  WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

  NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

  RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FROM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING 

NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH ACROSS THE AREA.  RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

RATES AS MUCH AS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR FROM SOME OF THE STORMS.  

THIS WILL BE FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND...LEADING TO RAPID RUNOFF. 

NEAR BLAINE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF   MANHATTAN...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  ST. MARYS...

  BREMEN...

  MANHATTAN...

  MARYSVILLE...

  FRANKFORT...

  LILLIS...

  BEATTIE...

  VERMILLION...

  CENTRALIA...

  CORNING...

  BAILEYVILLE...

  SENECA...

  SABETHA...

  WESTMORELAND...



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 293 AND 345.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN SENECA AND WASHINGTON SHOULD

BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.



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.



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.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3855 9691 3854 9637 3874 9637 3874 9595

      3909 9597 3913 9604 3956 9602 3957 9580

      3999 9578 3998 9680 3957 9681 3955 9693



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