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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

700 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 700 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER 17TH...18TH...AND 

  19TH STREETS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF HERRIN FROM TYLER TO ADAMS.

  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.



* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER WILLIAMSON COUNTY 

   THROUGH 800 PM. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  PITTSBURG

  MARION

  JOHNSTON CITY

  HERRIN

  ENERGY

  CRAINVILLE

  CARTERVILLE

  

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3785 8872 3763 8878 3764 8915 3783 8912

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