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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1135 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006



ILC077-130545-

JACKSON IL-

1135 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...



AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE CONFINED TO MAINLY THE 

SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.  NORTHERN PORTIONS...WHERE MOST OF THE 

HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER...HAD ONLY SOME LIGHT SHOWERS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ELKVILLE...GORHAM...AVA...AND MURPHYSBORO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTY...WITH ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS EXPECTED 

ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS.  AT 1125 PM...THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS 

DEPARTMENT REPORTED HIGHWAYS 4 AND 127...CROW ROAD...SANDBRIDGE 

ROAD...AND TOWNCREEK ROAD HAVE WATER AND DEBRIS RUNNING ACROSS 

THEM...AND SIGNS ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE.  THESE ROADWAYS DIRECTLY 

AFFECT AVA...MURPHYSBORO...AND GORHAM.



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. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



LAT...LON 3795 8916 3761 8915 3761 8949 3770 8952

      3771 8960 3781 8969 3795 8961



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