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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1106 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1059 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN SINCE 900 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED WEST OF A LINE 

FROM BROWNFIELD...LUSK ONWARD TO HEROD.



* ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY FLOOD. LOOK FOR WATER 

TO SPREAD ACROSS SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN THE 

NORTHERN HALF OF POPE COUNTY. 



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 3760 8839 3742 8846 3734 8851 3717 8849

          3733 8868 3760 8871

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