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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

905 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1100 PM EST).



* AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY 

  OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF GIBSON AND PIKE COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATES THAT ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

  A CORRIDOR FROM SOMERVILLE TO SPURGEON AND STENDAL.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STENDAL...COE...SPURGEON... 

  SOMERVILLE...AND MACKEY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 1100 PM CDT (1100 PM EST).



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING HEAVY RAIN 

WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PADUCAH.



LAT...LON 3851 8707 3824 8708 3825 8732 3821 8733

      3821 8745 3818 8748 3818 8769 3821 8770

      3824 8797 3831 8792 3828 8791 3832 8788

      3829 8785 3842 8775 3845 8762 3851 8754

      3849 8750 3854 8747 3852 8729 3855 8719



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