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ILC065-081-191-110115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

522 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED

  AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE WARNED AREA

  THROUGH 6 PM...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY AND OVER

  SOUTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY ALONG INTERSTATE 64.  



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WAYNE CITY...BLUFORD...MOUNT VERNON

  ...DAHLGREN...SIMS AND JOHNSONVILLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 700 PM CDT. SINCE 315 PM...RADAR ESTIMATES OF 

NEAR 4 INCHES WERE NOTED OVER NORTHEAST JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN 

HAMILTON COUNTIES.



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.



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.



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3835 8897 3816 8870 3814 8837 3825 8842

      3861 8843 3861 8870 3847 8871 3847 8894



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