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WGUS53 KPAH 170354

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ILC185-INC051-163-170645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1055 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1055 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN COVERED AREAS 

FROM MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS TO EVANSVILLE INDIANA. RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL 

CONTINUE OVER THE SAME AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT...PRODUCING 

ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN 

REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WABASH COUNTY...WITH SOME ROADS ALREADY 

CLOSED. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MOUNT CARMEL... DARMSTADT 

...EVANSVILLE...FORT BRANCH...HAUBSTADT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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



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 3832 8750 3795 8748 3796 8768 3819 8770

      3825 8794 3857 8793



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