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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

303 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POPLAR BLUFF...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 300 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED ONE HALF INCH OF 

RAIN IN 20 MINUTES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT  THE 

COUNTY.  .



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HENDRICKSON



WE EXPECT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS.  THIS 

WILL LEAD TO FLASH 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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3650 9056 3668 9060 3669 9061 3676 9063

      3681 9063 3681 9065 3693 9068 3692 9026

      3687 9026 3685 9022 3680 9020 3678 9021

      3668 9015 3650 9021



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