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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

915 AM CST MON DEC 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 130 PM CST



* AT 912 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY BANDS OF 

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE RAIN IS

  FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF

  NUMEROUS STREAMS AND ROADWAYS. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN       

  JOHNSON COUNTY REPORT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE COUNTY.   



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH DURING THE NEXT       

  FEW HOURS WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION OVER MUCH OF       

  EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.    



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

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3789 8820 3756 8814 3741 8836 3740 8848

          3727 8851 3718 8862 3717 8878 3722 8899

          3714 8910 3712 8934 3753 8938 3760 8916

          3760 8872 3774 8871

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