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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

647 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN MISSOURI...

  PERRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CST



* AT 641 PM...RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER CAPE GIRARDEAU...PERRY...AND SCOTT COUNTIES 

SINCE ABOUT 3 PM. ALTHOUGH LESSER AMOUNTS WERE INDICATED OVER RIPLEY 

COUNTY...OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 160 NEAR M HIGHWAY.  



* THROUGH AT LEAST 9 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

TRACK ACROSS THESE AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

LIKELY BE AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. ON TOP OF GROUND THAT IS 

ALREADY SATURATED...THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND ROADS.



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.

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