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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 190001

FFWPAH

ILC199-190230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

657 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER WILLIAMSON COUNTY.  THIS HAS PRODUCED RAINFALL RATES 

AS HIGH AS THREE INCHES PER HOUR.  THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY 

MAINTAIN ITS INTENSITY AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY.  

WIDESPREAD FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...IS LIKELY 

THROUGH THE EVENING. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUSH...CAMBRIA...CARTERVILLE...COLP...

  CRAINVILLE...ENERGY...HERRIN...JOHNSTON CITY...MARION...  

PITTSBURG...SPILLERTOWN AND WHITEASH.



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.



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 3786 8873 3785 8914 3762 8916 3763 8873



$$



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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 190001

FFWPAH

ILC199-190230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

657 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER WILLIAMSON COUNTY.  THIS HAS PRODUCED RAINFALL RATES 

AS HIGH AS THREE INCHES PER HOUR.  THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY 

MAINTAIN ITS INTENSITY AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY.  

WIDESPREAD FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...IS LIKELY 

THROUGH THE EVENING. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUSH...CAMBRIA...CARTERVILLE...COLP...

  CRAINVILLE...ENERGY...HERRIN...JOHNSTON CITY...MARION...  

PITTSBURG...SPILLERTOWN AND WHITEASH.



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.



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 3786 8873 3785 8914 3762 8916 3763 8873



$$



FRIEDLEIN

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