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ILC077-130545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

945 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING EAST ACROSS THE 

COUNTY...PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES.  

AT 934 PM...THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 4 

NEAR AVA...AND OVER HIGHWAY 51 NEAR ELKVILLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  VERGENNES...MURPHYSBORO...GORHAM...ELKVILLE...DOWELL...DE SOTO...

  CARBONDALE...CAMPBELL HILL AND AVA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3795 8916 3771 8916 3769 8952 3771 8960

      3781 8969 3795 8961



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