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WGUS53 KPAH 111919

FFWPAH

MOC031-201-112215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

219 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 210 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU...WITH WATER

  REPORTED REACHING THE HOOD OF AN SUBURBAN UTILITY VEHICLE. IN 

ADDITION...CREEKS WERE FILLING QUICKLY OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  BURFORDVILLE...JACKSON...GORDONVILLE AND CAPE GIRARDEAU



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 330 PM.



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.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3714 8975 3715 8984 3738 8986 3739 8946

      3735 8945 3732 8951 3728 8952 3725 8950

      3725 8947 3722 8948 3712 8941 3705 8940

      3698 8971 3707 8976



$$



SMITH

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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 111919

FFWPAH

MOC031-201-112215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

219 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 210 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU...WITH WATER

  REPORTED REACHING THE HOOD OF AN SUBURBAN UTILITY VEHICLE. IN 

ADDITION...CREEKS WERE FILLING QUICKLY OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  BURFORDVILLE...JACKSON...GORDONVILLE AND CAPE GIRARDEAU



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 330 PM.



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.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3714 8975 3715 8984 3738 8986 3739 8946

      3735 8945 3732 8951 3728 8952 3725 8950

      3725 8947 3722 8948 3712 8941 3705 8940

      3698 8971 3707 8976



$$



SMITH

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