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WGUS53 KPAH 010709

FFWPAH

ILC193-011000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

207 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 205 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM ONE

  TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF WHITE

  COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS

  SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS

  THE SAME AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY

  OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CARMI...CROSSVILLE...EMMA...NORRIS CITY

  AND PHILLIPSTOWN



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 3822 8800 3810 8802 3798 8810 3797 8835

          3817 8832



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