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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1108 PM CST SUN MAR 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

  STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 300 AM CST



* AT 1057 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INCREASING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 

ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES HAVE BEEN NOTED 

SINCE 10 PM CST. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VANDUSER...SIKESTON...ORAN...

  MORLEY...MOREHOUSE...LAMBERT...KELSO...HAY-WOOD CITY...

  BLOOMFIELD...BLODGETT...BENTON AND BELL CITY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 3 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PADUCAH.



LAT...LON 3682 9023 3666 9017 3664 8992 3642 8991

      3642 8959 3656 8956 3665 8942 3682 8959

      3693 8954 3707 8945 3723 8955



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