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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

951 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 947 AM CDT...PADUCAH RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED IN EXCESS OF 4 

INCHES HAD FALLEN SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN 

CAPE...NORTHERN ALEXANDER...AND NORTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY AREAS. RADAR 

STILL SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD AFFECT THIS SAME AREA DURING 

THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS WITH PERHAPS AS MUCH AS AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

OR TWO OF RAINFALL...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



AT 935 AM CDT...CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS

REPORTED SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND URBAN AREAS ALREADY BEGINNING. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL NO DOUBT AGGRAVATE FLOOD PROBLEMS IN 

THIS VICINITY SO RESIDENTS OF CAPE GIRARDEAU IN PARTICULAR ARE 

ADVISED TO BE AWARE OF HIGH WATERS AND FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  SCOTT CITY

  ORAN

  MORLEY

  KELSO

  JACKSON

  HAY-WOOD CITY

  GORDONVILLE

  CHAFFEE

  CAPE GIRARDEAU

  BENTON



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 3759 8955 3727 8945 3715 8930 3693 8963

          3758 8985

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