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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

235 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 214 AM CDT...BIG CREEK WAS REPORTED NEAR BANKFULL IN THE SAM  

BAKER STATE PARK. THE CREEK HAS SHOWN A TWO FOOT RISE IN THE PAST 

COUPLE OF HOURS. EVACUATIONS OF CAMPERS IN THE PARK WERE BEING 

CONDUCTED. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE RISING WATERS HAVE PRODUCED AN 

ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN 3 HOURS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING 

OUT OF THE AREA...HOWEVER...A FLOOD CREST IS MOVING DOWN THE BIG 

CREEK FROM MADISON COUNTY WHICH COULD PUSH THE CREEK OUT OF ITS 

BANKS. RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 4 

AM...BRINGING OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN WAYNE COUNTY ABOVE 

BANKFULL.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3728 9030 3700 9030 3697 9060 3720 9068



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