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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

951 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.



* AT 947 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT AROUND 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE TO 

TRAIN OVER BOLLINGER COUNTY. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE OVERALL AREA OF 

RAIN IS BEGINNING TO SHIFT SOUTH BUT ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM.



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.



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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 

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



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.



LAT...LON 3719 9009 3731 9022 3730 9014 3750 9016

      3749 8987 3713 8988

TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 180DEG 0KT 3729 8998



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