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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

527 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 525 PM CDT...PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR BOAZ IN 

NORTHWEST MASSAC COUNTY...WHERE RADAR WAS ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 3 TO 

5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. 



WHILE MOST OF MASSAC COUNTY HAS RECEIVED LITTLE RAINFALL...THE 

NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY HAS BEEN INUNDATED WITH HEAVY RAIN 

FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS AND ANOTHER 30 TO 60 MINUTES OF HEAVY RAIN WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR BOAZ YOU ARE 

MOST AT THREAT OF EXPERIENCING THIS 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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3733 8872 3723 8878 3723 8892 3731 8891



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