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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

408 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN OTTAWA 

COUNTY.  ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES 

OF 1 INCH PER HOUR HAS DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THE COUNTY AND WILL MOVE 

OVER THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  BENNINGTON...

  NILES...

  MINNEAPOLIS...

  DELPHOS...

  ADA...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.



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 3896 9791 3896 9737 3930 9737 3931 9793



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