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WGUS53 KPAH 040232

FFWPAH

ILC077-040400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

930 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 930 PM CDT...FLOODED STREETS IN CARBONDALE CONTINUE. RADAR WAS 

SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CARBONDALE AREA. 



* GIVEN THE DEPTH OF THE WATER OVER SOME OF THE STREETS IS AROUND A 

FOOT DEEP AND WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALLL...WATER SUBSIDENCE WILL BE 

SLOW.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CARBONDALE



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3778 8929 3761 8927 3762 8917 3776 8917



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