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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 080958

FFWPAH

MOC201-081400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

458 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 455 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. 

THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH IN ONE HOUR. 

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FLOODING IN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY AND THE 

CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 

MIDNIGHT.



* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

BENTON...CHAFFEE...HAY-WOOD CITY...KELSO...MINER...MORLEY...ORAN AND

SCOTT CITY



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 3689 8970 3694 8970 3696 8972 3699 8972

          3707 8978 3713 8978 3719 8969 3724 8958

          3725 8947 3714 8944 3709 8938 3705 8939

          3701 8933 3689 8951

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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 081009

FFWPAH

MOC201-081400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMISSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

458 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 455 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. 

THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH IN ONE HOUR. 

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FLOODING IN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY AND THE 

CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 

MIDNIGHT.



* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

BENTON...CHAFFEE...HAY-WOOD CITY...KELSO...MINER...MORLEY...ORAN AND

SCOTT CITY



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 3689 8970 3694 8970 3696 8972 3699 8972

          3707 8978 3713 8978 3719 8969 3724 8958

          3725 8947 3714 8944 3709 8938 3705 8939

          3701 8933 3689 8951

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