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ILC081-060200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

705 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 705 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS FROM

  WOODLAWN TO MOUNT VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR

  ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST WEST OF MOUNT

  VERNON.



* ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE SLOW MOVING

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE AXIS OF

  HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF JEFFERSON

  COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  WOODLAWN

  MOUNT VERNON

  BLUFORD



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3846 8873 3815 8874 3814 8912 3845 8913

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