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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1052 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1052 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

STRETCHED NORTH OF A LINE FROM PIEDMONT TO CLUBB. AT 1045 PM 

CDT...REPORTS OF WATER CROSSING THE ROAD ON ROUTE 34 WAS NOTED 

BETWEEN SILVA AND PATTERSON. 



* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TO SPREAD 

ACROSS WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE 

FROM MILL SPRING...GREENVILLE TO LOWNDES. HOWEVER...SHARP RISES IN 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND DITCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY 

CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE RAINFALL FURTHER TO THE NORTH. SEVERAL 

SECONDARY ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME COVERED WITH WATER AND BECOME 

IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF WAYNE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

GREENVILLE...PIEDMONT AND WILLIAMSVILLE



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 3732 9024 3710 9025 3706 9015 3695 9024

          3694 9071 3712 9074 3732 9072

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