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WGUS53 KPAH 200509

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ILC081-200800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1208 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* AT 1205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6    

  MILES SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TO 8 MILES EAST OF MOUNT VERNON. THE  

  LINE OF STORMS WAS SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELLE RIVE...WALTONVILLE...

  BONNIE...NASON AND INA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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.



LAT...LON 3814 8872 3814 8913 3847 8913 3847 8871



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