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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

111 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 109 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST 

TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER AT LEAST PARTS OF THE 

WARNED COUNTIES.



THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN PROMPTED FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST 

MISSOURI...AND IS LIKELY TO DO SO IN THE WARNED AREA AS WELL. 

PLUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

GOREVILLE...KARNAK...TAMMS AND VIENNA.



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 8934 3734 8946 3734 8905 3757 8905

          3760 8873 3737 8872 3734 8879 3734 8891

          3731 8894 3727 8894

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