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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1237 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 1237 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. 



THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN MAY PROMPT FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE MORNING 

HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH STEEPER TERRAIN.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

ANNA...COBDEN...JONESBORO AND GREENVILLE.



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 3696 9034 3699 9065 3724 9071 3727 9040

          3734 8947 3736 8943 3741 8942 3754 8951

          3760 8909 3738 8911 3728 9022 3709 9023

          3708 9012 3702 9017

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