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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

521 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

  NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 517 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 5 

TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 

ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE 

OF HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  VERMILLION...

  MARYSVILLE...

  FRANKFORT...

  BLUE RAPIDS...

  BEATTIE...

  RANDOLPH...

  RILEY...



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 3998 9625 3956 9624 3956 9658 3945 9672

      3939 9672 3930 9665 3929 9694 3956 9695

      3957 9680 3999 9679



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