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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

606 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 601 PM CDT(601 PM EST)...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A 

THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY FOR ALMOST AN HOUR BETWEEN 

COBDEN AND ANNA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR IN THIS AREA.



* FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. ALSO PERSONS LIVING 

NEAR THE CYPRESS CREEK AND CACHE RIVER EAST TOWARDS SARATOGA AND 

MOUNT PLEASANT MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED BY FLOOD WATERS AS THESE 

TRIBUTARIES RISE IN RESPONSE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL UPSTREAM.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE COBDEN



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 3755 8906 3743 8906 3746 8929 3754 8929



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