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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

106 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 102 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF STODDARD AND 

SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTIES...WHERE THE GROUND WAS ALREADY SATURATED.  

FLOOD CONTROL CHANNELS WERE REPORTED FULL NEAR LAKE WAPPAPELLO ALONG 

HIGHWAY D SOUTH OF LOST CREEK LANDING.  A BRIDGE WAS WASHED OUT ON 

TOWER ROAD NORTH OF POPLAR BLUFF...AND LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING WAS 

DEVELOPING IN POPLAR BLUFF.  



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER 

THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING 

PROBLEMS.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE POPLAR BLUFF AND AREAS NEAR LAKE 

WAPPAPELLO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



LAT...LON 3729 9025 3708 9023 3690 9028 3673 9023

          3652 9024 3656 9055 3700 9046 3705 9052



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