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ILC145-120645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1045 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 1245 AM CST



* AT 1043 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN...REPEATING OVER THE SAME AREAS OF MAINLY NORTHERN AND 

  WESTERN PERRY COUNTY ILLINOIS.



THIS VERY HEAVY RAIN...FALLING REPEATEDLY OVER ALREADY SATURATED OR 

NEARLY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT DAYS RAINS...WILL LEAD TO FLASH 

FLOODING...IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADIC THREAT.



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 3820 8958 3797 8959 3796 8918 3820 8915



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