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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

702 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 657 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL JEFFERSON 

COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 

TO THE SOUTHEAST...SO HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE 

OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 9 AM CDT.  RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL 

MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH 11 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  MCLOUTH...

  MERIDEN...

  NORTONVILLE...

  OSKALOOSA...

  OZAWKIE...

  PERRY LAKE...

  VALLEY FALLS...

  WINCHESTER...



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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.



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

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3918 9518 3918 9559 3940 9558 3941 9558

      3942 9556 3942 9517

TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 180DEG 0KT 3921 9559



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