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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

946 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL HAS STALLED OUT 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 

TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND 

CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY.  DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...RUNOFF 

FROM THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  WASHINGTON...

  MORROWVILLE...

  HOLLENBURG...

  HADDAM...



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 3957 9736 3956 9692 3999 9693 4000 9736



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