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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

900 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 855 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF WAYNE 

COUNTY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE STORMS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE EXPECTED 

TO EXIT BY 945 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

WITHIN A HALF HOUR TO 45 MINUTE PERIOD. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SEVERAL ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A 

WAYNE CITY TO GOLDEN GATE LINE.  



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CISNE...FAIRFIELD...GOLDEN GATE...

  JEFFERSONVILLE...JOHNSONVILLE...KEENES...MOUNT ERIE...

  ORCHARDVILLE...SIMS AND WAYNE CITY



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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



LAT...LON 3860 8815 3827 8816 3826 8870 3861 8869



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