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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

626 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

  OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

  SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 624 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE WARNED AREA CONTINUE 

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.  WATER RESCUES ARE ON GOING IN 

TOPEKA ALONG THE SHUNGANUNGA CREEK...WHERE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT 

OVER 300 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED ALREADY.  WATER RESCUES ARE 

ON GOING IN BURLINGAME.  COUNTY OFFICIALS IN LYON AND OSAGE COUNTIES 

REPORT WATER FLOWING OVER SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.  LIGHT 

TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...SO FLOOD WATERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEDE THROUGH 930 AM.  

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT OVER 

THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  LYNDON...

  BURLINGAME...

  EMPORIA...

  OSAGE CITY...

  AUBURN...

  ADMIRE...

  TOPEKA...



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 188.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 168.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 347 AND 355.



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



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

TOPEKA.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3873 9635 3874 9593 3909 9594 3913 9600

      3913 9602 3921 9602 3921 9559 3908 9560

      3905 9558 3905 9550 3844 9551 3843 9595

      3817 9596 3816 9635



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