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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

859 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERLY LYON COUNTY 

OVERNIGHT.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL 

MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES 

OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OVER ALREADY SATURATED ROUNDS WILL LIKELY BE CONVERTED TO RUNOFF AND 

QUICKLY PRODUCE FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  AMERICUS...

  EMPORIA...

  HARTFORD...

  NEOSHO RAPIDS...

  OLPE...

  READING...



THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 143.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 143.



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 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 3817 9636 3861 9635 3861 9595 3839 9594

      3816 9596 3816 9635



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