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ILC047-081-185-191-280430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

830 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE     

  WARNED AREA. THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER   

  THE PAST FEW DAYS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY     

  AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

  IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE

  ALBION...BLUFORD...BONNIE...CISNE...DIX...FAIRFIELD...GOLDEN

  GATE...INA...JEFFERSONVILLE...KEENES...MOUNT VERNON...

  ORCHARDVILLE...SIMS...WALTONVILLE...WAYNE CITY...WEST SALEM 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 3857 8770 3825 8800 3827 8870 3813 8871

          3814 8914 3846 8915 3847 8869 3861 8870



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