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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

808 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 755 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL...ESTIMATED BY RADAR BETWEEN ONE TO 

ONE AND ONE HALF AN INCH AN HOUR...WAS OCCURRING WITH THE LEADING 

EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. 

AT 737 PM CDT ...SKYWARN SPOTTERS RELAYED THAT WATER WAS OVER ROUTE 

4 NEAR CAMPBELL HILL IN NORTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY ILLINOIS. IN 

ADDITION...SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 127 IN 

PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS AT 751 PM CDT. 



* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...AVERAGING BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES 

CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES 

THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DUE TO TORRENTIAL NATURE OF THE RAINFALL...MANY 

SMALL CREEKS...LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME SECONDARY ROADS WILL FLOOD 

QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO 

REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 

AGAIN...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MARBLE HILL AND CAPE 

GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...ONWARD TO ANNA AND VIENNA ILLINOIS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

ANNA...AVA...BENTON...BLUFORD...CAMBRIA...CARBONDALE...CARTERVILLE...

CHRISTOPHER...COBDEN...CRAINVILLE...CREAL SPRINGS...DE SOTO...

DONGOLA...DU QUOIN...ELKVILLE...ENERGY...GOREVILLE...GRAND TOWER...

HERRIN...HURST...JOHNSTON CITY...JONESBORO...MARION...MOUNT VERNON...

MURPHYSBORO...PINCKNEYVILLE...PITTSBURG...ROYALTON...SESSER...

TAMAROA...THOMPSONVILLE...VALIER...VIENNA...WEST CITY...WEST

FRANKFORT...WILLISVILLE...WOODLAWN...ZEIGLER...ALTENBURG...CAPE

GIRARDEAU...DELTA...GORDONVILLE...JACKSON...MARBLE HILL AND

PERRYVILLE



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 3821 8959 3820 8915 3848 8915 3849 8871

          3761 8872 3760 8871 3735 8873 3735 8946

          3716 8976 3713 8997 3707 8996 3709 9024

          3730 9023 3733 9015 3763 9015 3786 8997

          3789 8984 3782 8969 3796 8960

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