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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

853 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.



* AT 848 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 3 

TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR MAINLY ALONG THE BORDER OF JEFFERSON AND 

FRANKLIN COUNTIES.



HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE REST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY DURING 

THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ISOLATED RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE.



IF YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG I-57 BETWEEN MOUNT VERNON AND WEST 

FRANKFORT EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO NEAR ZERO 

AT TIMES IN VERY HEAVY RAIN.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WALTONVILLE...BENTON...INA...BONNIE AND BELLE RIVE



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3787 8914 3787 8871 3828 8872 3827 8915



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