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WGUS53 KPAH 190012

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ILC077-190145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

709 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 704 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN JACKSON COUNTY REPORTED 

MAJOR FLOODING ON SOME ROADWAYS IN DOWNTOWN CARBONDALE.  DOPPLER 

RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

SINCE 600 PM.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS NOW PUSHED EAST OF THE 

COUNTY...HOWEVER HIGH WATER WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE.  SOME MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT 

THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...WHICH MAY ADD AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO AND MOUNT

  CARBON



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 3777 8917 3777 8966 3772 8949 3763 8949

      3763 8919



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