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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1215 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 1209 AM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES OF HEAVY RAIN...RANGING FROM ONE 

TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES AN HOUR...CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY 

SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE BORDER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THE 

SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS AND INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY.



* HEAVY RAINFALL...RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TO 

PERSIST THROUGH 3 AM CDT. NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN 

LOW LYING AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED HAVE WATER SPREAD ACROSS THEM 

THROUGH 3 AM...WITH NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS EXPECTED TO 

FLOW OVER BANK FULL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.





* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

BROOKPORT...CAIRO...KARNAK...METROPOLIS...MOUND CITY...MOUNDS...

TAMMS...BARLOW...GRAHMVILLE...HEATH...LA CENTER...LONE OAK...

LOVELACEVILLE...PADUCAH...REIDLAND...WICKLIFFE...ANNISTON...BELL

CITY...BENTON...BERNIE...BERTRAND...BLOOMFIELD...CANALOU...CHAFFEE...

CHARLESTON...DEXTER...DONIPHAN...DUDLEY...EAST PRAIRIE...ELLSINORE...

ESSEX...FISK...GATEWOOD...GIDEON...HAY-WOOD CITY...HOWARDVILLE...

KELSO...LILBOURN...MATTHEWS...MINER...MOREHOUSE...MORLEY...NAYLOR...

NEELYVILLE...NEW MADRID...ORAN...PARMA...POPLAR BLUFF...PUXICO...

QULIN...RISCO...SCOTT CITY...SIKESTON...VAN BUREN AND WYATT



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 3690 9073 3690 9022 3700 9013 3722 8956

          3732 8947 3731 8897 3733 8872 3710 8849

          3695 8850 3697 8880 3694 8912 3668 8925

          3662 8936 3639 8994 3663 8995 3667 9020

          3651 9020 3652 9113 3684 9109 3683 9123

          3711 9124 3703 9074

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