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WGUS53 KPAH 252046

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ILC003-252215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

343 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 340 PM CDT...ALEXANDER COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF 

STREAMS AND ROADS NEAR TAMMS. A ROAD JUST WEST OF TAMMS WAS CLOSED 

BY FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES 

PER HOUR. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA AS THEY WEAKEN. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF 

INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



LAT...LON 3732 8930 3717 8943 3709 8931 3715 8924



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