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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

819 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.



* AT 817 PM CDT...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER A 

ROADWAY NORTH OF MARION IN JOHNSTON CITY. RADAR INDICATES TORRENTIAL 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 

930 PM. RAINFALL WILL BE AROUND AN INCH IN THE NEXT HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  PITTSBURG...JOHNSTON CITY...HERRIN...GALATIA...ENERGY...ELDORADO...

  CRAINVILLE...CARTERVILLE AND CAMBRIA.



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. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3762 8838 3761 8915 3767 8916 3785 8913

      3787 8889 3787 8872 3788 8870 3791 8838

TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 180DEG 0KT 3775 8882



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