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WGUS53 KPAH 261936

FFWPAH

ILC055-262100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

237 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 225 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AN HOUR...WAS CENTERED 

FROM SESSER TO BUCKNER AND ZEIGLER IN WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BENTON...BUCKNER...CHRISTOPHER

  ...EWING...ORIENT...SESSER...THOMPSONVILLE...VALIER...WEST

  CITY...WEST FRANKFORT AND ZEIGLER



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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



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 3812 8914 3788 8914 3788 8871 3812 8872



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