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WGUS53 KPAH 050238

FFWPAH

ILC087-050530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

936 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 935 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER THE LAST HOUR IN THE COUNTY AND MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE 

NEXT HOUR. THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STANDING WATER OVER A 

FEW ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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.



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