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WGUS53 KPAH 280858

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ILC077-181-281200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

258 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 600 AM CST.



* AT 258 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

  FALLEN OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF JACKSON AND UNION COUNTIES IN JUST 

  THE PAST HOUR. AS THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 

  PROGRESSES EAST...SIMILAR AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE REST OF 

  BOTH COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN BEHIND THE PRIMARY LINE 

  WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3794 8916 3761 8916 3760 8905 3734 8905

      3734 8947 3734 8945 3736 8943 3741 8942

      3754 8952 3768 8951 3770 8953 3774 8966

      3781 8969 3795 8961



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