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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

307 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 305 PM CDT...PADUCAH RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL  

  HAD FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF RIPLEY COUNTY SINCE MIDDAY. NUMEROUS

  ADDITIONAL STORMS IN THE NEARBY VICINITY WILL PRODUCE MORE HEAVY

  RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 

  MORE INCHES...AND THAT WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD THREAT.



  AT 259 PM...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CREEKS AND

  STREAMS ALREADY AT BANKFULL WITH RAIN BEGINNING TO STAND AND POND 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  GATEWOOD

  DONIPHAN



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3676 9064 3638 9063 3637 9111 3675 9112

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