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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1041 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1035 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INHES 

SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS...MAINLY NORTH OF A 

WAYNE CITY...FAIRFIELD TO GOLDEN GATE LINE. THIS HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED 

INTO EDWARDS COUNTY...WEST OF AN ALBION TO WEST SALEM LINE. AT 1030 

PM...WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS WATER ON ROUTE 242 IN 

WAYNE CITY...ROUTE 15 APPOXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF FAIRFIELD...AS 

WELL ROUTE 45 BETWEEN GEFF AND CISNE. 



* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE 

WARNED COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE SHARP RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING OF SOME 

SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

ALBION...CISNE...FAIRFIELD...WAYNE CITY AND WEST SALEM



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.



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