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RWUS32 KPAH 100854

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ILZ087-101015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

253 AM CST SUN NOV 10 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



UNTIL 415 AM CST.



AT 250 AM...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GALLATIN COUNTY OVER THE LAST 3 

TO 4 HOURS.  HOWEVER...RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS 

THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.   



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 1 

THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING.  DESPITE THE 

RAINFALL ENDING...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THESE HIGH WATERS TO 

RECEDE.  THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 415 

AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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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