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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

352 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS 

HAVE ALREADY SATURATED MANY AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

HANDY...GATEWOOD...AND DONIPHAN 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



LAT...LON 3649 9113 3651 9056 3668 9061 3681 9063

      3682 9112



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