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ILC081-270500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

810 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 810 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS 

WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST JEFFERSON 

COUNTY NEAR CRAVAT AND WOODLAWN AROUND 815 PM...REACHING TOWARD 

BLUFORD AND BELLE RIVE IN EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY BY 845 PM. THESE 

STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS TO ONE 

INCH WITHIN A HALF HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN 

LOW LYING AREAS. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BELLE RIVE...BLUFORD...BONNIE...DIX...

  INA...MOUNT VERNON...NASON...WALTONVILLE AND WOODLAWN



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

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



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 3846 8871 3814 8872 3814 8914 3847 8914



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