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WGUS53 KPAH 282041

FFWPAH

ILC077-282345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

339 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS JACKSON 

COUNTY.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE ALREADY TO AN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO 

INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO REGENERATE ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND TOTAL RAINFALL 

THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY BE THREE TO FOUR 

INCHES.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AVA...CAMPBELL HILL...CARBONDALE...DE

  SOTO...DOWELL...ELKVILLE...GORHAM...MAKANDA...MURPHYSBORO AND

  VERGENNES



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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



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.



LAT...LON 3779 8965 3794 8959 3794 8918 3762 8917

      3761 8950 3774 8951 3774 8961



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