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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

520 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 520 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE AROUND 

3 INCHES SINCE 100 AM. 



THESE READINGS SUGGGEST THE WARNED COUNTIES MAY SOON BE EXPERIENCING 

FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

BARDWELL...BARLOW...LA CENTER...LOVELACEVILLE...WICKLIFFE...

CHARLESTON...METROPOLIS 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 3683 8890 3688 8944 3703 8921 3698 8919

          3699 8913 3703 8917 3708 8916 3722 8899

          3722 8894 3727 8893 3734 8884 3714 8849

          3721 8894 3696 8882

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