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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

607 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 4 PM. A TRAINED 

STORM SPOTTER IN PINCKNEYVILLE REPORTED THAT SOME STREETS WERE 

STARTING TO POND WITH WATER. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL STRETCHED FROM 

PYRAMID STATE PARK EASTWARD TO DU QOUIN.



ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PERRY 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF ROUTE 51...THROUGH 6 PM. PERSONS LIVING 

IN AN AREA FROM PINCKNEYVILLE...ONWARD TO PYRAMID STATE PARK AND DU 

QOUIN SHOULD MONITOR RISING WATERS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW. AVOID 

TRAVEL ON ROUTE 152 TO JUST WEST OF ROUTE 51. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

DU QUOIN...PINCKNEYVILLE AND TAMAROA



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 3821 8959 3796 8959 3795 8917 3821 8916

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