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WGUS53 KPAH 271058

FFWPAH

ILC077-145-271400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

458 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 800 AM CST



* AT 455 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN 

  PERRY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG A LINE FROM AVA TO DU QUOIN.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST. JOHNS...PINCKNEYVILLE...

  DU QUOIN...AND AVA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...THROUGH 700 AM.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3777 8968 3771 8948 3792 8917 3814 8914

      3805 8953



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