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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

850 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

  CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 850 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT ACROSS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN 

ILLINOIS...THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY...AND PORTIONS OF 

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.  THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE CAUSED WIDESPREAD 

ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  JUST A FEW OF THE MAJOR ROADS 

AFFECTED ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDE...



MCCRACKEN COUNTY...HOUSER AND OLD MAYFIELD ROAD CLOSED DUE TO 

CHAMPION CREEK FLOODING.

BALLARD AND CARLISLE COUNTIES...HIGHWAY 62 AT LOVELACEVILLE IS WATER 

COVERED.

MARSHALL COUNTY...WADESBORO ROAD NORTH IS CLOSED AND WASHED OUT.

CALLOWAY COUNTY...HIGHWAY 121 SOUTH AT NEW CONCORD IS CLOSED.



HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 

ONE HALF TO ONE INCH EXPECTED BY NOON.  THIS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

BROOKPORT...METROPOLIS...BARDWELL...BARLOW...BENTON...CLINTON...

GRAHAMVILLE...HEATH...HICKMAN...LA CENTER...LONE OAK...

LOVELACEVILLE...MAYFIELD...MURRAY...PADUCAH...REIDLAND...WICKLIFFE 

AND WYATT.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER

GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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 3734 8875 3653 8807 3654 8939 3677 8935

          3718 8901

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