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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

418 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  STODDARD COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1015 PM CST



* AT 413 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF BOLLINGER...BUTLER...STODDARD...AND 

WAYNE COUNTIES DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN TWO BANDS. ONE AREA EXTENDED FROM POPLAR BLUFF TO BELL CITY. 

ANOTHER AREA WAS WILLIAMSVILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF MARBLE HILL. BUTLER 

COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE BANKFULL. 

STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE OTHER COUNTIES WERE SWOLLEN AND RISING.



* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

ADVANCE...BLOOMFIELD...DEXTER...DUDLEY...ESSEX...FISK...GREENVILLE...

HENDRICKSON...MARBLE HILL...POPLAR BLUFF...PUXICO AND WILLIAMSVILLE



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3734 8995 3680 8979 3656 9050 3721 9064

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