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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

643 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 

OF TWO AND ONE HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 430 

PM. AT 630 PM...A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT DITCHES WERE BANKFULL NEAR 

WALTONVILLE IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN...UP TO THREE 

INCHES WAS ALSO INDICATED BY RADAR JUST SOUTH OF WEST CITY...ALONG 

INTERSTATE 57. PERSONS LIVING FROM WALTONVILLE AND BONNIE...SOUTH TO 

ZEIGLER AND THOMPSONVILLE...SHOULD EXPECT ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN THROUGH 730 PM. TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 57...AS WELL AS 

SECONDARY ROADS IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND ALL OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 

SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODING OF ROADS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

BENTON...CHRISTOPHER...SESSER...THOMPSONVILLE...VALIER...WEST CITY...

WEST FRANKFORT AND ZEIGLER



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.



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