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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

826 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.



* AT 825 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE 

NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VAN BUREN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY....TURN AROUND...DONT 

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3705 9081 3693 9076 3683 9122 3707 9122

TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 180DEG 0KT 3698 9109



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