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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

752 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NEMAHA

COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY FROM

NEAR SENECA...TOWARD BERN AND SABETHA.  SOME TRAINING EFFECTS FROM 

STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SAME AREA WERE OCCURING.  RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE POSSIBLE.  HEAVY

RAINFALL FELL ACROSS PARTS OF NEMAHA COUNTY THIS MORNING LEAVING 

GROUND NEAR SATURATION IN SPOTS...THAT COULD LEAD QUICKLY TO RUNOFF.



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3956 9624 3969 9579 3999 9578 3998 9608



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