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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1247 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 1245 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER BOLLINGER AND CAPE GIRARDEAU 

COUNTIES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 



FLOODING ALREADY HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS BOTH OF THESE 

COUNTIES...AND WITH MORE RAIN ON ITS WAY...THIS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE 

THE FLOODING PROBLEM.



THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BOLLINGER 

AND CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

CAPE GIRARDEAU...DELTA...GORDONVILLE...JACKSON AND MARBLE HILL.



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 3707 9011 3709 9021 3731 9014 3760 9014

          3760 8961 3757 8953 3752 8952 3744 8945

          3735 8944 3730 8952 3725 8951 3722 8965

          3714 8976 3714 8996

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