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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1144 AM CST MON DEC 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 330 PM CST



* AT 1140 AM CST...FLOODING OF NUMEROUS STREAMS AND ROADWAYS WAS 

REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. STOTLAR ROAD WAS REPORTED 

WASHED OUT EAST OF ROUTE 37 AND WATER WAS AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OVER 

SOME OF THE BRIDGES AROUND THE COUNTY.  IN ADDITION...BANDS OF LIGHT 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING. ROAD PROBLEMS WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS.



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 3785 8874 3762 8875 3763 8913 3784 8914

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