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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

517 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 514 PM CDT(511 PM EST)...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A HEAVY RAIN 

PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTION OF 

BOLLINGER COUNTY. ALSO VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING OVER THE 

SOUTHWEST PART OF PERRY COUNTY MISSOURI FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS. A 

REPORT FROM THE BOLLINGER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER INDICATED THAT 

DITCHES WERE FILLING QUICKLY OVER NORTHWEST BOLLINGER COUNTY NEAR 

PATTON AND PATTON JUNCTION.



* THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER BOLLINGER 

COUNTY...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A FAST RISE ALONG THE WHITEWATER 

RIVER FROM WATER EXITING PERRY COUNTY INTO BOLLINGER COUNTY MAY 

PROMPT FLASH FLOODING.



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



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER

GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 3760 8987 3753 8987 3747 9015 3760 9015



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