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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

558 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



* AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. ONE HOUR 

RADAR PRECIPITATION TOTALS INDICATE BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL WEST AND NORTHWEST OF FREMONT...AND THIS STORM IS TRACKING 

SLOWLY TO THE EAST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF 

OF CARTER COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...

  VAN BUREN AND FREMONT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 3709 9122 3710 9104 3710 9096 3706 9096

      3706 9079 3705 9075 3700 9074 3697 9070

      3693 9070 3692 9068 3681 9067 3682 9123



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