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WGUS53 KPAH 260713

FFWPAH

ILC081-260930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

213 AM CDT THU AUG 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 210 AM CDT...PADUCAH DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS

  CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN AT THE AIRPORT IN MOUNT VERNON. HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE

  BEEN ESTIMATED BY PADUCAH DOPPLER RADAR NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON.

  THROUGH 300 AM...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER PERRY COUNTY

  ILLINOIS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST...AND MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS

  OF JEFFERSON COUNTY THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS WILL

  LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN CREEKS...STREAMS AND DITCHES...

  AND RESULT IN WATER OVER SOME ROADS. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BONNIE...DIX...MOUNT VERNON...NASON...

  WALTONVILLE AND WOODLAWN



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3848 8875 3817 8874 3816 8913 3846 8918



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