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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

211 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 158 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF BUTLER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES SINCE SATURDAY 

EVENING.  THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 21 NORTH 

OF DONIPHAN...ROUTE 142 NEAR NAYLOR...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 60 IN POPLAR 

BLUFF.  THE LITTLE BLACK RIVER WAS ALSO COMING OUT OF ITS BANKS 

NORTH OF DONIPHAN.



* ANOTHER ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER 

THE NEXT 2 HOURS...POSSIBLY FURTHER AGGRAVATING ANY AREAS OF 

FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

DONIPHAN...NAYLOR...NEELYVILLE AND POPLAR BLUFF



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER

GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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 3680 9027 3656 9027 3654 9098 3673 9101

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