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ILC047-185-191-INC051-125-131100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

210 AM CDT MON MAY 13 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

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT(600 AM EST)



* AT 200 AM CDT(200 AM EST)...HEAVY RAIN...RANGING FROM ONE HALF TO 

ONE INCH...CONTINUES TO FALL FROM FAIRFIELD ILLINOIS...EAST TO 

PRINCETON AND WINSLOW INDIANA. SEVERAL ROADS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES 

REMAIN CLOSED OR IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY EVENING. 

RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST WIDESPREAD RAINFALL BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES 

FROM WAYNE CITY...ONWARD TO CARMI AND WINSLOW. 



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

MOVE OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES THROUGH 6 AM CDT. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE 

FLOODING ON SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS KEEP WATER OVER 

ALREADY FLOODED ROADS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION 

AND SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

ALBION...CISNE...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT CARMEL...WAYNE CITY...WEST

SALEM...FORT BRANCH...OAKLAND CITY...OWENSVILLE...PATOKA...

PETERSBURG...PRINCETON AND WINSLOW



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 3853 8709 3823 8705 3821 8761 3828 8807

          3825 8869 3859 8868

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