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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

336 AM CDT WED JUL 31 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 336 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF RIPLEY 

COUNTY SINCE 130 AM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN NEAR THE COMMUNITIES 

OF GATEWOOD...BURR AND TUCKER. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN NEARLY 

STATIONARY OVER THE AREA.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 500 AM. ANOTHER 1 TO 

3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

DONIPHAN...GATEWOOD...TUCKER...BRIER...AND BURR.



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 3680 9084 3650 9076 3651 9113 3680 9108

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