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WGUS53 KPAH 070445

FFWPAH

ILC087-127-151-070845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1140 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT



* AT 1137 PM CDT...COUNTY AUTHORITIES IN MASSAC COUNTY  

 REPORTED WATER OVER SOME ROADS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4

 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL JOHNSON...CENTRAL POPE...AND 

 NORTHERN MASSAC COUNTY OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.



* ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE 

REGION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 300 AM CDT.



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3756 8842 3717 8860 3726 8891 3736 8900

          3759 8896



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